NOTES, BY THEME

ANAESTHETIC FUNDAMENTALS

AIRWAY MANAGEMENT

Airway anatomy

Airway assessment

Airway bleeding

Airway fire

Airway investigations

Airway safety in recovery

Airway topicalisation

Airway trauma

Can’t intubate can’t oxygenate (CICO)

Complications of extubation

Cormack-Lehane grade

Critical airway obstruction

Difficult airway equipment

Endobronchial intubation

Extubation criteria

Fibreoptic intubation

Intubation

Jet ventilation

Nasal intubation

Oesopheal intubation

Optimisation for extubation

Perioperative upper airway obstruction

Preoxygenation

Rapid sequence induction

Smooth emergence & extubation

The shared airway

Throat packs

ANAESTHETIC PROCEDURES

Arterial cannulation

Central venous cannulation

Emergency thoracocentesis

Intercostal catheter insertion

Nasogastric tube insertion

Percutaneous dilatation tracheotomy

Pericardiocentesis

Procedural skills

Pulmonary artery catheterisation

Ultrasound for vascular access

Urinary catheterisation

Vascular access

CRISIS MANAGEMENT, RESUSCITATION & FLUID MANAGEMENT

Abdominal sepsis

Acid-base abnormalities

Acute cardiac arrhythmias & conduction abnormalities

Acute hypertension

Acute pulmonary oedema

Acute respiratory distress syndrome & acute lung injury (ARDS/ALI)

Air embolism

Amniotic fluid embolism

Anaesthesia equipment failure

Anaphylaxis

Aortic dissection

Aspiration

Blood management

Bronchospasm

Cardiac arrest & collapse

Cardiac defibrillation

Cardiac tamponade

Cardiogenic shock

Cemented implant syndrome

Clinical assessment of shock

Crisis management resources

Distributive shock

Electrical power failure

Electrolyte abnormalities

Emergency surgery

Failure to wake

Fat embolism syndrome

Focussed cardiac echocardiography

Gas embolism

Gastrointestinal bleeding

Gastrointestinal ischaemia

Gastrointestinal obstruction

Gastrointestinal perforation

Goal-directed therapy

Haemorrhagic shock

High airway pressures

High spinal

Hyper/hypocalcaemia

Hyper/hypoglycaemia

Hyper/hypokalaemia

Hyper/hypomagnesaemia

Hypercapnoea

Hypernatraemia

HyperOsmolar Non-Ketotic state

Hypocapnoea

Hyponatremia & hypo-osmolality

Hypotension

Hypothermia

Hypovolaemic shock

Hypoxia

Inotropes & inodilators

Intra-arterial injection

Intravenous fluid prescription

Investigation of drug allergies

Investigation of shock

Ischaemic preconditioning

Ischemic gut

Laryngospasm

Local anaesthetic toxicity

Major haemorrhage

Malignant hyperthermia

Management of shock

Massive haemoptysis

Massive transfusion

Metabolic acidosis

Myocardial ischaemia & infarction

Neurogenic shock

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Non-invasive ventilation

Obstructive shock

Oesophageal obstruction

Oesophageal perforation

Oliguria/anuria

Oncological emergencies

Operating room fire

Pericardial effusion

Pipeline gas supply failure

Pneumothorax

Prolonged seizures

Pulmonary embolism

Raised intracranial pressure

Reduced conscious state

Reperfusion syndromes

Respiratory arrest

Respiratory failure

Rhabdomyolysis

Seizures

Sepsis

Shock

Stroke

Subarachnoid haemorrhage

Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)

Tension pneumothorax

Tetanus

Thyrotoxic crisis

Transfer of the critically ill

Transfusion reactions

GENERAL ANAESTHESIA & SEDATION

Awareness

Induction techniques

Pneumoperitoneum

Postoperative cognitive decline

PostOperative Nausea & Vomiting (PONV)

Premedication

Residual paralysis

Response surface models

Sedation

Total IntraVenous Anaesthesia (TIVA)

Ventilation strategies

PAIN MANAGEMENT

Acute exacerbation of chronic pain

Alternative therapies for analgesia

Assessment of acute pain

Chronic pain management

Functional analgesia

Interventional pain procedures

Musculoskeletal pain

Neuropathic pain

NonSteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)

Pain assessment

Pain terminology

Persistent post-surgical pain

Postoperative analgesic infusions

Psychosocial factors of pain

Steroids

Wound catheters

REGIONAL ANAESTHESIA

Adjuvant agents for regional anaesthesia

Anticoagulants, anti-platelets, coagulopathy and regional anaesthesia

Assessing a regional anaesthetic

Continuous regional techniques

Failed regional anaesthesia

Management of regional anaesthesia

Nerve stimulation for regional anaesthesia

Neuraxial opioids

Patient assessment – regional anaesthesia

Patient information for regional anaesthesia

Post-dural puncture headache

Rational regional anaesthesia selection

Regional anaesthesia practicalities

Sedation for regional anaesthesia

GOOD ANAESTHESIA PRACTICE

PROFESSIONALISM

Accreditation

Adult learning

Advanced care directives

Advocacy

Anaesthesia costs

Bias

Change

Clinical prioritisation

Clinical trial design

Complaints

Confidentiality

Continued medical education

Core statistical concepts

Critical appraisal

Debriefing

Ethical issues in anaesthesia

Ethics committees

Evidence-based medicine

Culturally competent care

Informed consent

Limits of care

Management

Medical ethics

Non-accidental injury

Non-technical skills

Professional conduct

Risk

Roles in anaesthesia

Scientific enquiry

Social media

Statistical error

Stress management

Suicide

The impaired colleague

SAFETY & QUALITY

Anaesthesia standards

Anastomotic breakdown

Antibiotic prophylaxis

Antimicrobial agents

Day care surgery

Determinants of health

Drug safety

Environmental pollution

Equipment check

Equipment standardisation

Fasting guidelines

Formal meetings

Handover responsibilities

Health policy

Iatrogenic injury

Infection control

Monitoring standards

Nosocomial infections

Patient positioning

Post-anaesthesia recovery room

Postoperative care requirements

Quality assurance & quality improvement

Quality healthcare

Safety requirements

Supervision

Surgical infection

Temperature management

The anaesthetic assistant

Tourniquets

Venous thromboembolism

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

World Health Organisation (WHO) surgical safety checklist

Wound dehiscence

PERIOPERATIVE CARE

INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Brain death

Critical illness neuropathy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy

Illness severity scoring

Nutritional support

Organ donation

Sedation in the intensive care unit

The critically ill obstetric patient

The long-stay intensive care unit patient

Ventilatory support in the intensive care unit

PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE

Acromegaly

Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

Acute liver failure

Addisonian crisis

Adrenal disease

Adrenocortical insufficiency

Alcohol use

Allergy

American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) classification

Anaemia

Ankylosing spondylitis

Anorexia nervosa

Anxiety disorders

Arthritis

Asthma

Autism

Botulism

Bowel disease

Breast disease

Carcinoid disease & syndrome

Cardiac disease in pregnancy

Cardiomyopathy

Care pathways

Cerebral palsy

Cerebrovascular disease

Choosing Wisely

Chronic cardiac arrhythmias & conduction abnormalities

Chronic hypertension

Chronic liver disease

Chronic obstructive airways disease

Chronic renal impairment & dialysis

Chronic steroid use

Coagulopathy & anticoagulants

Communicable disease

Congenital heart disease

Connective tissue disorders

Croup

Cushing’s syndrome

Cystic fibrosis

Depressive disorders

Diabetes mellitus

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Diastolic dysfunction

Diseases of the oesophagus

Diseases of the spleen

Diseases of the stomach

Disorders of calcium metabolism

Down syndrome

Dyspnoea

Epilepsy

Ethnic variation

Fontan circulation

Frailty

Functional assessment

Gallbladder disease

Gastro-oesophageal reflux

Gastrointestinal disorders

Graft vs. host disease

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Gynaecological disorders

Haematological malignancies

Hepatitis

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

Illicit drug use & overdose

Immunocompromise

Implantable cardiac devices

Ischaemic heart disease

Left ventricular systolic dysfunction

Liver disease

Malabsorption syndromes

Mediastinal masses

Medication management

Meningitis & encephalitis

Multiple sclerosis

Muscular dystrophies, myopathies & myotonias

Myasthenia gravis & myasthenic syndrome

Obesity

Oncological disease

Pancreatic diseases

Parkinson’s disease

Patient assessment – history & examination

Patient assessment – investigation

PeriOperative Surgical Home (POSH)

Peripheral vascular disease

Phaeochromocytoma

Pituitary disease

Pneumonia

Porphyria

Post-transplant patient

Prehabilitation

Pseudocholinesterase deficiency

Psychosis

Pulmonary hypertension

Quinsy

Renal & urinary tract disease

Renal replacement therapy

Respiratory infection

Restrictive lung disease

Rheumatoid arthritis

Right ventricular systolic dysfunction

Scleroderma
Scores & classifications

Shunts

Sleep apnoea

Smoking

Stress response

Tetralogy of Fallot

Thrombocytopaenia

Thyroid disease

Tuberculosis

Urinary tract infection

Valvular heart disease

Vena cava obstruction

Vomiting

TRAUMA

Abdominal trauma

Altitude sickness

Aortic trauma

Burns

Chemical burns

Chest drains & drainage systems

Chest trauma

Corrosive ingestion

Crush injury

Decompression syndromes

Disaster management protocol

Drowning

Electrical burns & electrocution

Envenomation

Facial fractures

Flail chest

Inhalational injury

Long bone fractures

Myocardial contusion

Near drowning

Obstetric trauma

Paediatric trauma

Pelvic fractures

Primary trauma survey

Pulmonary contusion

Resuscitative thoracotomy

Secondary brain injury

Spinal cord injury

Thoracic trauma

Tracheobronchial injury

Trauma history

Trauma immobilisation

Trauma preparation

Traumatic aortic disruption

Traumatic brain injury

SPECIALTY PATIENT GROUPS

OBSTETRICS

Abnormal placental implantation

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy

Antepartum haemorrhage

Assisted vaginal birth

Breech delivery

Categorising caesarean urgency

Cholestasis associated with pregnancy

Cord prolapse

Foetal death in utero

Foetal monitoring

Gestational diabetes

Haemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes, Low Platelets syndrome (HELLP syndrome)

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Intrauterine resuscitation

Labour analgesia

Maternal mortality

Multiple gestation

Patient assessment – obstetric patient

Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Post-partum haemorrhage

Premature labour

Progression of labour

Rhesus isoimmunisation

Shoulder dystocia

Uterine rupture

Vaginal Birth After Caesarean section (VBAC)

PAEDIATRICS

Paediatric development

Paediatric induction techniques

Paediatric neurophysiology

Patient assessment – paediatric patient

Prematurity & ex-premature infants

Pyloric stenosis

SURGICAL SPECIALTIES

ANAESTHESIA IN OUTSIDE AREAS

Electro-convulsive therapy

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) safety

Radiation safety

CARDIAC SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOLOGY

Aortic dissection repair

Cardiac anatomy

Cardiac herniation

Cardiopulmonary bypass

Complications of cardiac surgery

Complications of interventional cardiological procedures

Coronary artery bypass

Deep hypothermic cardiac arrest

Re-do cardiac surgery

Weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass

GENERAL SURGERY, UROLOGY, GYNAECOLOGY, ENDOSCOPY

Abnormal gastrointestinal anatomy

The acute abdomen

HEAD & NECK, EAR, NOSE & THROAT, DENTAL SURGERY

Induced hypotension

Maxillary/mandibular osteotomies

Post-tonsillectomy haemorrhage

NEUROSURGERY, NEURORADIOLOGY

Cerebral blood flow

Cerebral salt wasting

Cerebral vasospasm

Diabetes insipidus

Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

Intracranial pressure

Neuroanatomy

Neuroimaging

Neurological examination

Neuropharmacology

OPHTHALMOLOGY

Intraocular gas

Intraocular pressure

Ocular perfusion

Ocular reflexes

Ophthalmological pharmacology

Orbital anatomy

ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY

Compartment syndrome

Orthopaedic emergencies

PLASTIC SURGERY, BURNS

Tissue flap perfusion

Tissue flaps

THORACIC SURGERY

Bronchopleural fistula

Hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction

One-lung ventilation

Pulmonary torsion

Thoracic anaesthesia anatomy

Thoracic anaesthesia physiology

Thoracic bleeding

VASCULAR SURGERY, INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

Aortic cross clamping

Endovascular vs. open vascular surgery

Spinal cord ischaemia & protection