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Invasive monitoring
3
The anaesthetic machine
4
Preoperative assessment & risk
3
Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks
3
Electricity, diathermy & theatre safety
3
Thoracic anaesthesia
1
Neuroanaesthesia
3
Anaesthesia for the co-morbid & elderly
2
Perioperative cardiac arrest
3
Local anaesthetic pharmacology
3
Neuromuscular blockade & reversal
3
Anaphylaxis under anaesthesia
3
Anaesthesia / applied physiology — thermoregulation
1
Anaesthetic ventilators
3
Measurement & monitoring physics
2
Volatile & inhalational agents
3
Anaesthetic adjuncts
3
Medical gases & gas supply
3
Acute pain & multimodal analgesia
2
Enhanced recovery (ERAS)
3
Obstetric anaesthesia
3
Applied cardiovascular & respiratory physiology
2
Intravenous induction agents
3
Vaporisers
2
Paediatric anaesthesia
4
Neuraxial anaesthesia
3
Depth of anaesthesia & awareness
3
Trauma & massive haemorrhage
1
Opioids & analgesics
2
Perioperative fluid & goal-directed therapy
3
TIVA & target-controlled infusion
3
Physiology
1
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
3
Anaesthesia / physics & measurement — invasive pressure monitoring
1
Breathing systems & circuits
3
Airway management & difficult airway
2
Aspiration & regurgitation
3
Cardiac anaesthesia & cardiopulmonary bypass
3
Day-case & ambulatory anaesthesia
1
Patient safety, human factors & CRM
2
Postoperative nausea & vomiting
2
Thoracic anaesthesia & one-lung ventilation
2
Ethics, consent & medicolegal
1
Extubation & recovery
2
Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity
2
Malignant hyperthermia
2
Vasopressors & inotropes
2
Chronic & cancer pain
1
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Invasive monitoring
3 entries
A large v wave on the CVP trace during surgery
An overdamped arterial line trace
Arterial line insertion and the complications
02
The anaesthetic machine
4 entries
A stuck unidirectional valve — CO2 rebreathing
Oxygen supply failure during surgery
Pipeline oxygen failure during surgery
Ventilator failure during surgery
03
Preoperative assessment & risk
3 entries
Acute coronary syndrome on the morning of surgery
Preoperative anaemia and the iron deficiency
The high-risk surgical patient — a structured preoperative approach
04
Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks
3 entries
Adductor canal block for knee replacement
Intraneural injection during a popliteal block
Regional anaesthesia for a shoulder replacement
05
Electricity, diathermy & theatre safety
3 entries
Airway fire during a tracheostomy
Anaesthesia for surgery with a cardiac pacemaker
The poorly applied return plate and the burn risk
06
Thoracic anaesthesia
1 entry
Anaesthesia for anterior mediastinal mass — hot case
07
Neuroanaesthesia
3 entries
Anaesthesia for the aneurysm clipping after the SAH
The acutely herniating TBI — the crash induction
The venous air embolism in the sitting position
08
Anaesthesia for the co-morbid & elderly
2 entries
Anaesthesia for the hip fracture in the frail elderly patient
The anticoagulated elderly patient for the non-cardiac surgery
09
Perioperative cardiac arrest
3 entries
Anaphylaxis-induced cardiac arrest
Bradycardia and asystole during laparoscopy
Intraoperative arrest — cause analysis
10
Local anaesthetic pharmacology
3 entries
Bupivacaine-induced cardiac arrest — the lipid-rescue crisis
LAST after an inadvertent intravascular injection during a nerve block
Methaemoglobinaemia after prilocaine
11
Neuromuscular blockade & reversal
3 entries
Can't intubate after a rocuronium rapid sequence — sugammadex rescue
Cardiovascular collapse on induction — neuromuscular-blocker anaphylaxis
The weak patient in recovery — residual neuromuscular blockade
12
Anaphylaxis under anaesthesia
3 entries
Cardiac arrest from perioperative anaphylaxis
Cardiovascular collapse after induction — anaphylaxis
Flushing in recovery after a resolved hypotensive episode
13
Anaesthesia / applied physiology — thermoregulation
1 entry
Cold, shivering and ischaemic in recovery — inadvertent perioperative hypothermia
14
Anaesthetic ventilators
3 entries
Collapsed standing bellows — circuit disconnect
Rising peak airway pressure mid-case
Ventilating the morbidly obese patient for abdominal surgery
15
Measurement & monitoring physics
2 entries
Damped arterial line and a falling systolic reading
Perioperative hypothermia in a long abdominal case
16
Volatile & inhalational agents
3 entries
Desflurane sympathetic surge in ischaemic heart disease
Nitrous oxide and the expanding pneumothorax
The obese patient for long laparoscopic surgery — agent selection
17
Anaesthetic adjuncts
3 entries
Dexmedetomidine-induced bradycardia
Lidocaine infusion toxicity
The opioid-free anaesthesia protocol
18
Medical gases & gas supply
3 entries
Entonox separation in the cold
Oxygen cylinder exhaustion during surgery
Pipeline oxygen failure — management
19
Acute pain & multimodal analgesia
2 entries
Epidural abscess or haematoma
The local anaesthetic systemic toxicity
20
Enhanced recovery (ERAS)
3 entries
ERAS bundle adherence and outcome
The ERAS colorectal surgery protocol
The goal-directed fluid therapy in ERAS
21
Obstetric anaesthesia
3 entries
Failed intubation in the obstetric GA
Massive obstetric haemorrhage
The category 1 caesarean — spinal or GA?
22
Applied cardiovascular & respiratory physiology
2 entries
Goal-directed haemodynamic therapy in the high-risk patient
Oxygen-refractory hypoxia after intubation
23
Intravenous induction agents
3 entries
Induction of anaesthesia in the shocked patient
Ketamine in the head-injured patient — the overturned contraindication
Propofol infusion syndrome in the ICU
24
Vaporisers
2 entries
Isoflurane poured into a sevoflurane vaporiser
Setting up low-flow closed-circuit anaesthesia with a vaporiser
25
Paediatric anaesthesia
4 entries
Laryngospasm during inhalational induction
Laryngospasm progressing to bradycardia in a 3-year-old
The child with a recent URTI for elective surgery
The inhalational induction of the needle-phobic child
26
Neuraxial anaesthesia
3 entries
New back pain after an epidural — the epidural haematoma
Post-dural puncture headache
Total spinal after an epidural top-up
27
Depth of anaesthesia & awareness
3 entries
Patient reports awareness
The high-risk awareness patient — the TIVA cardiac surgery
The vaporiser-empty and the light anaesthesia
28
Trauma & massive haemorrhage
1 entry
Penetrating trauma and damage control resuscitation
29
Opioids & analgesics
2 entries
Postoperative opioid respiratory depression
Remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia
30
Perioperative fluid & goal-directed therapy
3 entries
Saline-induced hyperchloraemic acidosis
The GDT in the major bowel resection
The hypotensive patient who is not fluid-responsive
31
TIVA & target-controlled infusion
3 entries
Schnider LBM and obesity
The TIVA for the thoracic surgery
TIVA line disconnection and awareness
32
Physiology
1 entry
Slow wake-up after a prolonged propofol-fentanyl infusion
33
Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
3 entries
Suspected spinal epidural haematoma
The intraoperative pulmonary embolism
The VTE prophylaxis for the cancer surgery
34
Anaesthesia / physics & measurement — invasive pressure monitoring
1 entry
Systolic of 240 with a flickering arterial trace — the under-damped arterial line
35
Breathing systems & circuits
3 entries
The accidentally closed APL valve — barotrauma
The breathing-system failure during anaesthesia
The T-piece in paediatric anaesthesia
36
Airway management & difficult airway
2 entries
The anticipated difficult airway — a multinodular goitre with tracheal deviation
The predicted difficult airway — limited mouth opening and neck fixation
37
Aspiration & regurgitation
3 entries
The bowel obstruction for the emergency surgery
The cricoid pressure — the contemporary evidence
The intraoperative aspiration
38
Cardiac anaesthesia & cardiopulmonary bypass
3 entries
The CABG with the fast-track anaesthesia
The failure to wean from the CPB
The protamine reaction
39
Day-case & ambulatory anaesthesia
1 entry
The day-case laparoscopic cholecystectomy
40
Patient safety, human factors & CRM
2 entries
The drug error and the root-cause analysis
The intraoperative cardiac arrest — crisis resource management
41
Postoperative nausea & vomiting
2 entries
The high-risk PONV patient for the laparoscopic surgery
The persistent PONV in the recovery room
42
Thoracic anaesthesia & one-lung ventilation
2 entries
The hypoxia during the OLV
The VATS lobectomy with the OLV
43
Ethics, consent & medicolegal
1 entry
The Jehovah's Witness for the major cancer surgery
44
Extubation & recovery
2 entries
The laryngospasm in the recovery room
The staged extubation of the difficult airway
45
Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity
2 entries
The LAST after the TAP block
The local anaesthetic dose calculation
46
Malignant hyperthermia
2 entries
The malignant hyperthermia crisis — rising ETCO2 in theatre
The patient with a family history of malignant hyperthermia
47
Vasopressors & inotropes
2 entries
The noradrenaline extravasation
The post-CPB vasoplegic syndrome
48
Chronic & cancer pain
1 entry
The pancreatic cancer pain