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What is atrial fibrillation
This is the arrhythmia shown on this rhythm strip
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What is pneumothorax
This is the commonest complication of central venous access
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We will accept any answer except for Ofirmev
This is a drip commonly used in the ICU
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What is yellow
This is the sound a kitty makes... no, take that back. This is the color of a pulmonary artery catheter
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What is median sternotomy
VIDEO DAILY DOUBLE
This is the name of this procedure |
What is othing/observation
Treatment of first degree atrioventricular block consists of this
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What is overfeeding syndrome
This results in a respiratory quotient greater than 1.0
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What is dexmetomidine
This selective alpha-2 agonist produces mild sedation and analgesia without causing respiratory depression
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What is sitting on the beach watching surfers
Jeremy Swan conceived of the notion of a balloon-guided right heart catheterization while doing this
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What is dronabinol
This synthetic drug, whose slang name is in the category title, has some limited effectiveness as an appetite stimulant
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What is atrial fibrillation
Ectopic pacemaker tissue in the pulmonary veins can lead to this arrhythmia
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What is ARDS
This respiratory complication requires a proximate cause within 1 week, radiographic evidence, and PaO2/FiO2 ration of less than 200
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What is milrinone
This inotrope does not increase myocardial oxygen consumpton, but requires a loading dose to be given over 3 hours
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What is septic shock
You knew this was coming. Cardiac index 1.8, PAD 10, PCWP not done, SvO2 50, SVR 499 Dynes/Cm3/Cm2. Your diagnosis is this
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What is place a magnet over the defibrillator
Your patient has a transverse gunshot wound (high caliber) to the liver and is in stage IV (impending stage V) shock. CXR shows a pacemaker/defibrillator. Management of this finding should be
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What is 5 Joules
Internal defibrillation for ventricular fibrillation typically begins with this energy level
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What is propofol infusion syndrome
This sedation-associated complication is characterized by metabolic acidosis, cardiac failure, renal failure, and myoglobinuria
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What is amiodarone
This Class III anti arrhythmic should not be given if the QTc is greater than 455 milliseconds
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What is pulmonary artery rupture
Your patient experiences massive hemoptysis after you float a pulmonary artery catheter. The most likely diagnosis is this
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What is magnesium
Initial treatment for this arrhythmia (patient is pulseless) consists of this (using ACLS guidelines)
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What are prone ventilation or ECMO
You might consider one of these two therapies and last-ditch management for ARDS
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What are amyl nitrite (and sodium nitrite,) sodium thiosulfate, and hydroxocobalamin
These are the three components of the current kit used to treat nitroprusside toxicity (Cyanokit)
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Who is Werner Forssman (in 1928)
This doctor performed the first right heart catheterization (on himself)
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What is massive arterial air embolism
After a gunshot wound to the left chest, your patient is meta-stable, but has a massive hemothorax. You place a chest tube, and the patient seizes. This is the diagnosis
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