Anaes SAQs · Ophthalmic anaesthesia
Anaesthesia for strabismus, cataract, and glaucoma surgery
Final-examination SAQ for strabismus-cataract-glaucoma.
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Prompt
Compare anaesthetic management of paediatric strabismus versus elderly cataract surgery.
Model answer
Strabismus (5). GA, OCR plan, atropine, PONV triple, as the cited paediatric-eye teaching below states.[4][5]
Cataract (5). Topical/sub-Tenon, comorbidities/RCRI, day case, as the cited eye-surgery teaching below states.[5][3]
Shared (5). Still patient, oxygen under drapes issues, conversion plans, as the cited eye-surgery teaching below states.[5]
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- [1]Martyn JA, Richtsfeld M Succinylcholine-induced hyperkalemia in acquired pathologic states. Anesthesiology, 2006.PMID 16394702
- [2]Devereaux PJ, Yang H, Yusuf S, et al. Effects of extended-release metoprolol succinate in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery (POISE trial). Lancet, 2008.PMID 18479744
- [3]Lee TH, Marcantonio ER, Mangione CM, et al. Derivation and prospective validation of a simple index for prediction of cardiac risk of major noncardiac surgery. Circulation, 1999.PMID 10477528
- [4]Arnold RW The Oculocardiac Reflex: A Review. Clin Ophthalmol, 2021.PMID 34194223
- [5]Pucchio A, Pur DR, Dhawan A, et al. Anesthesia for ophthalmic surgery: an educational review. Int Ophthalmol, 2023.PMID 36436168