Glad I got to present this interesting case of a Stellate Ganglion Block for Aortic Dissection at @ASRA_Society and a special thank you to @MiniMDKelleher - my new matched mentor, for surprise moderating the session! #ASRA100
CPB ๐งต pt3! Flavors and meal combos..
The puzzle:
๐ซhow are you going to drain?
๐ซhow are you going to flow?
๐ซhow are you going to arrest the heart?
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I never realized how common it is for people to have a fear of IVs/needles until I started placing them on a daily basis. I was initially skeptical about the utility of using lidocaine before an IV (2 pokes instead of one), but I'm fully on board now!
Ok letโs keep going with #cardiopulmonarybypass. Several requests for circulatory arrest, but first letโs understand how to go on and off bypass and a few flavors of cannulation and cardioplegia
๐งตprimer pt 2: going on and off bypass
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Many medicine procedures involve (1) pushing a needle into a fluid-filled space, (2) advancing a plastic catheter over the needle into the space, (3) pulling the needle out, and (4) leaving the catheter in either for drainage or infusion.
Things often go wrong at (2).
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