Ace The Anesthesiology Cardiothoracic Exam

The creation of the first blood gas apparatus can be attributed to John Severinghaus, Leland Clark, and multiple other inventors with their re ...

Lung isolation describes either anatomic or physiologic separation of one lung from the other using an advanced airway device, typically a bronchia ...

Regional anesthesia, consisting of spinal, caudal, and epidural blocks, was first utilized for surgical procedures at the turn of the twentieth cen ...

A direct laryngoscopy allows visualization of the larynx. It is used during general anesthesia, surgical procedures around the larynx, and resuscit ...

While uncommon, acute aortic dissection (AAD) is a rare but catastrophic disorder. Aortic dissection is due to the separation of the layers of ...

Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), historically and appropriately referred as Steno-Fallot tetralogy, was first described by the Danish physician/anatomist ...

Heart transplantation (HTx) is a procedure limited to patients with end-stage heart failure (HF) who remain symptomatic despite being on optimal me ...

Researchers have studied abciximab in three-phase III clinical trials: EPIC, EPILOG, and CAPTURE.  Abciximab is currently a prescripti ...

Positive pressure ventilation is a form of respiratory therapy that involves the delivery of air or a mixture of oxygen combined with other gases b ...

The measurement of carbon dioxide (CO2) was first developed in the early 1900s; however, it was complex and of limited clinical use.

As the name implies, current waste anesthetic gas disposal (WAGD) systems are designed to collect and dispose of volatile anesthetics that have bee ...

Approximately 10% of injured patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) demonstrate rib fractures. Rib fractures are associated with sign ...

The medical profession has an established history of team-based approaches to managing varying complexities of patients.  Effective communicat ...

Distributive shock, also known as vasodilatory shock, is one of the four broad classifications of disorders that cause inadequate tissue perfusion. ...

Inhalation anesthetics (nitrous oxide, halothane, isoflurane, desflurane, sevoflurane, most commonly used agents in practice today) are used for in ...

Single lung ventilation, also known as 'One Lung' ventilation, is a method of ventilation which was first conceptualized by physiologists Edua ...

Mediastinoscopy is a thoracic surgical procedure performed with a mediastinoscope to examine the mediastinum— the space in the thor ...

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a lung disorder where there is scarring of the lungs from an unknown cause. It is usually a progressive dise ...