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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

  1. Preanesthetic Evaluation
  2. · 1.1 ASA Classification — Physical Status of the Patient
  3. · 1.2 Assessment of the Airway
  4. · 1.3 Premedication and Fasting Times
  5. Anesthesia in Neurosurgery
  6. · 2.1 Brain Physiology Applied to Anesthesia
  7. · 2.2 TIVA and Selection of Agents in Neurosurgery
  8. · 2.3 Awake Craniotomy
  9. · 2.4 Anesthesia for Spine Surgery
  10. Anesthesia in Cardiac Surgery
  11. · 3.1 Extracorporeal Circulation (ECC)
  12. · 3.2 Myocardial Protection — Cardioplegia
  13. · 3.3 Off-Pump Surgery (OPCAB) and TAVI
  14. Anesthesia in Thoracic Surgery
  15. · 4.1 One-Lung Ventilation (VU / OLV)
  16. · 4.2 Double Lumen Tube (TDL) and Bronchial Blocker
  17. Obstetric Anesthesia
  18. · 5.1 Physiological Changes of Pregnancy with Anesthetic Relevance
  19. · 5.2 Labor Analgesia — Epidural Block
  20. · 5.3 Anesthesia for Caesarean Section
  21. · 5.4 Obstetric Emergencies
  22. Pediatric Anesthesia
  23. · 6.1 Relevant Anatomical and Physiological Differences
  24. · 6.2 Anesthetic Induction and Airway Management
  25. · 6.3 Drugs and Dosage in Pediatric Anesthesia
  26. Anesthesia in the Geriatric Patient
  27. · 7.1 Key Physiological and Pharmacological Changes
  28. · 7.2 Postoperative Delirium and POCD
  29. Anesthesia in Morbid Obesity and OSA
  30. · 8.1 Physiological Changes and Airway Considerations
  31. Anesthesia for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery
  32. · 9.1 Consequences of Pneumoperitoneum (CO₂)
  33. · 9.2 Extreme Trendelenburg Position in Robotic Surgery
  34. Anesthetic Emergencies — Rapid Sequence Induction (RSI)
  35. Locoregional Anesthesia
  36. · 11.1 Neuroaxial Anesthesia
  37. · 11.2 Ultrasound-Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks
  38. · 11.3 Systemic Toxicity from Local Anesthetics (LAST)
  39. Special Situations and Anesthetic Emergencies
  40. · 12.1 Difficult Airway — DAS Algorithm 2015
  41. · 12.2 Malignant Hyperthermia (MH)
  42. · 12.3 Perioperative Anaphylaxis
  43. · 12.4 Patient with Perioperative Pacemaker / ICD
  44. · 12.5 Anesthesia Outside the Operating Room (NORA)
  45. Minimum Alveolar Concentrations (CAM/MAC) of Halogenated Agents

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Subject
Anesthesiology
Category
Clinical Specialties
Type
Study Guide
Sections
45
Reviewed
2026-08-02
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