Book contents
- Anesthesia Oral Board Review
- Anesthesia Oral Board Review
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Letter from the Associate Editor
- How to Use This Book
- Format
- Applied Exam Tips for Success
- Part I General Information
- Part II Anesthetic-Related Critical Events and Information
- Section 1 Respiratory, Airway, and Ventilator Management
- Chapter 16 Hypoxemia and Hypercarbia
- Chapter 17 Indications for Intubation and Extubation
- Chapter 18 The Difficult Airway
- Chapter 19 Breathing Difficulties
- Chapter 20 Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Chapter 21 Post-operative Mechanical Ventilation
- Chapter 22 High-Frequency Ventilation
- Chapter 23 One-Lung Ventilation
- Section 2 Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Anesthesia
- Section 3 Neuroanesthesia
- Section 4 Renal and Urological
- Section 5 Hepatic and Gastrointestinal
- Section 6 Obstetric Anesthesia
- Section 7 Pediatric Anesthesia
- Section 8 Endocrine
- Section 9 Trauma Anesthesia
- Section 10 Emergency Events
- Section 11 Organ Transplant
- Section 12 Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
- Section 13 Acute and Chronic Pain
- Section 14 Other Situations
- Section 15 Safety and Ethics
- Index
- References
Chapter 17 - Indications for Intubation and Extubation
from Section 1 - Respiratory, Airway, and Ventilator Management
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2023
- Anesthesia Oral Board Review
- Anesthesia Oral Board Review
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Letter from the Associate Editor
- How to Use This Book
- Format
- Applied Exam Tips for Success
- Part I General Information
- Part II Anesthetic-Related Critical Events and Information
- Section 1 Respiratory, Airway, and Ventilator Management
- Chapter 16 Hypoxemia and Hypercarbia
- Chapter 17 Indications for Intubation and Extubation
- Chapter 18 The Difficult Airway
- Chapter 19 Breathing Difficulties
- Chapter 20 Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Chapter 21 Post-operative Mechanical Ventilation
- Chapter 22 High-Frequency Ventilation
- Chapter 23 One-Lung Ventilation
- Section 2 Cardiac, Thoracic, and Vascular Anesthesia
- Section 3 Neuroanesthesia
- Section 4 Renal and Urological
- Section 5 Hepatic and Gastrointestinal
- Section 6 Obstetric Anesthesia
- Section 7 Pediatric Anesthesia
- Section 8 Endocrine
- Section 9 Trauma Anesthesia
- Section 10 Emergency Events
- Section 11 Organ Transplant
- Section 12 Post-Anesthesia Care Unit
- Section 13 Acute and Chronic Pain
- Section 14 Other Situations
- Section 15 Safety and Ethics
- Index
- References
Summary
You are called to the medical intensive care unit to intubate a patient. He weighs 236 kg (520 lb). He has obstructive sleep apnea and pneumonia. He has no allergies. He is on bi-pap and his oxygen saturation is 87%. The patient is refusing to be intubated.
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- Anesthesia Oral Board ReviewKnocking Out The Boards, pp. 60 - 62Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023