Anesthesia in Specialties and Specific Situations
Anesthesiology · Clinical Specialties
How it begins
Fisiopatología aplicada, técnicas anestésicas especializadas, fármacos, monitorización avanzada y manejo de situaciones críticas perioperatorias — profundidad de experto.
What it covers
- Preanesthetic Evaluation
- · 1.1 ASA Classification — Physical Status of the Patient
- · 1.2 Assessment of the Airway
- · 1.3 Premedication and Fasting Times
- Anesthesia in Neurosurgery
- · 2.1 Brain Physiology Applied to Anesthesia
- · 2.2 TIVA and Selection of Agents in Neurosurgery
- · 2.3 Awake Craniotomy
- · 2.4 Anesthesia for Spine Surgery
- Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery
- · 3.1 Extracorporeal Circulation (ECC)
- · 3.2 Myocardial Protection — Cardioplegia
- · 3.3 Off-Pump Surgery (OPCAB) and TAVI
- Anesthesia in Thoracic Surgery
- · 4.1 One-Lung Ventilation (VU / OLV)
- · 4.2 Double Lumen Tube (TDL) and Bronchial Blocker
- Obstetric Anesthesia
- · 5.1 Physiological Changes of Pregnancy with Anesthetic Relevance
- · 5.2 Labor Analgesia — Epidural Block
- · 5.3 Anesthesia for Caesarean Section
- · 5.4 Obstetric Emergencies
- Pediatric Anesthesia
- · 6.1 Relevant Anatomical and Physiological Differences
- · 6.2 Anesthetic Induction and Airway Management
- · 6.3 Drugs and Dosage in Pediatric Anesthesia
- Anesthesia in the Geriatric Patient
- · 7.1 Key Physiological and Pharmacological Changes
- · 7.2 Postoperative Delirium and POCD
- Anesthesia in Morbid Obesity and OSA
- · 8.1 Physiological Changes and Airway Considerations
- Anesthesia for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery
- · 9.1 Consequences of Pneumoperitoneum (CO₂)
- · 9.2 Extreme Trendelenburg Position in Robotic Surgery
- Anesthetic Emergencies — Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI)
- Locoregional Anesthesia
- · 11.1 Neuroaxial Anesthesia
- · 11.2 Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks
- · 11.3 Systemic Toxicity from Local Anesthetics (LAST)
- Special Situations and Anesthetic Emergencies
- · 12.1 Difficult Airway — DAS Algorithm 2015
- · 12.2 Malignant Hyperthermia (MH)
- · 12.3 Perioperative Anaphylaxis
- · 12.4 Patient with Perioperative Pacemaker / ICD
- · 12.5 Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room (NORA)
- Minimum Alveolar Concentrations (CAM/MAC) of Halogenated Agents
The complete study guide is in the app
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- Subject
- Anesthesiology
- Category
- Clinical Specialties
- Type
- Study Guide
- Sections
- 45
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-02