GA, MAC, and IV fluid therapy

Question 1

Which procedures have increased risk of intra-op awareness?

Answer 1

C-sections
cardiac surgery
trauma surgery

Question 2

Which is the most sensitive test for predicting a difficult airway?

Answer 2

Short sterno-mental distance

Question 3

Which is the most specific test for predicting a difficult airway?

Answer 3

Short thyro-mental distance

Question 4

What are the contents of hetastarch?

Answer 4

6% hydroxyethyl starch in a medium of electrolytes, glucose, and lactate

Question 5

How much does 500 mL of 6% hetastarch expand intravascular volume?

Answer 5

800 mL for 8 hr

Question 6

Why is hetastarch not given to patients who are bleeding or coagulopathic?

Answer 6

Decreases the availability of the glycoprotein IIB/IIIA complex on activated platelets (effect reversed by ddAVP)