Anesthetic Equipment and Monitoring — Flashcards

Flashcard 81: Eustachian tube (ET) catheterization is done using an ET catheter and _____ bag

Answer: Politzer

Flashcard 82: Which catheter is used to measure pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and cardiac output via thermodilution?

Answer: Swan-Ganz catheter (Pulmonary artery catheter)

Extra: The Swan-Ganz catheter is a multi-lumen flow-directed catheter with a balloon at the tip. It is used to measure: 1. Right atrial pressure (CVP) 2. Right ventricular pressure 3. Pulmonary artery pressure 4. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) 5. Cardiac output (via thermodilution)

Flashcard 83: _____ is the most commonly used indicator dye in soda lime.

Answer: Ethyl violet

Flashcard 84: The **hanger yoke** check valve is a part of the _____ pressure system of the anesthesia machine.

Answer: High

Flashcard 85: Pipeline pressure gauge is a part of the _____ pressure system of the anesthesia machine

Answer: intermediate

Flashcard 86: Cylinder pressure gauge is a part of the _____ pressure system of the anesthesia machine

Answer: high

Flashcard 87: Opening which valve on the anaesthesia machine bypasses the vapourisers, and so is devoid of anaesthetic agents?_____

Answer: Oxygen flush valve

Flashcard 88: _____ faced Ring-Adair-Elwyn (RAE) endotracheal tube is preferred for nasal and ophthalmic surgeries

Answer: South

Flashcard 89: The black pipeline in operation theatre is for _____.

Answer: N2

Flashcard 90: _____ is the most sensitive depth of anesthesia monitor.

Answer: Middle latency auditory evoked potential