Safety in anaesthesia and surgical prep Flashcards

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what is the ABCB1 gene?

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a gene that limits drug distribution to the brain and in enhancing the excretion of many drugs

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what is Von Willebrand’s disease?

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inherited bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency in the amount of a specific protein needed to help platelets stick together and form clots to seal broken blood vessels

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what are some ways of stabiliation?

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  • fluids (shock rate)
  • anti biotics
  • analgesia
  • oxygen supplementation
  • anti-arrythmics
  • fresh frozen plasma/blood
  • bandage
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what is class 1 of ASA scores?

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minimal risk of a normal healthy patient with no underlying disease

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what is class 2 of ASA scores?

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slight risk of a slight to mild systemic disease - neonates, geriatrics, obesity

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what is class 3 of ASA scores?

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moderate risk, obvious systemic disease - anaemia, moderate dehydration, fever, low grade heart murmur or cardiac disease

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what is class 4 of ASA scores?

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high risk with severe, systemic, life threatening disease - severe dehydration, shock, toxemia, high fever

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what is class 5 of ASA scores?

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extreme risk, moribund, patient will probably die with or without die - advance cases of heart, kidney, liver, or endocrine disease

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what is class E of ASA scores?

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emergency

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what is hypovolemia?

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decreased extracellular fluid

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