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Surgical procedures
Cardiac surgery
- Aortic procedures
- Circulatory assist procedures
- Electrophysiology procedures
- Myocardial procedures
- Cardiac revascularization procedures
- Pericardial procedures
- Septal procedures
- Transplant procedures
- Valvular procedures
General surgery
- Biliary tract surgery
- Breast surgery
- Colorectal surgery
- Endocrine surgery
- Esophageal surgery
- Hepatic surgery
- Intestinal surgery
- Pancreatic surgery
- Splenic surgery
- Stomach surgery
- Trauma surgery
- Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy surgery (HIPEC)
Interventional radiology procedures
Oral and maxillofacial surgery
Neurosurgery
- Functional neurosurgery
- Intracranial neurosurgery
- Awake craniotomy
- Bifrontal craniotomy for CSF leak
- Craniotomy for intracranial aneurysm
- Craniotomy for cerebral embolectomy
- Craniotomy for intracranial vascular malformations
- Craniotomy for extracranial-intracranial revascularization (EC-IC bypass)
- Craniotomy for tumor resection
- Craniotomy for trauma
- Transphenoidal resection of pituitary tumor
- Craniotomy for resection of epileptogenic focus
- Spinal neurosurgery
- CSF aspiration, diversion, or shunt procedures
- Carotid endarterectomy (CEA)
Obstetric and gynecologic surgery
- Cesarean section
- Dilation and curettage (D&C)
- Endometrial ablation
- Hysterectomy (TAH)
- Hysteroscopy
- Myomectomy (Fibroidectomy)
- Oophorectomy (BSO)
- Ovarian torsion surgery
- Pelvic exenteration
- Tubal ligation
- Vaginectomy
Ophthalmology
- Cataract surgery
- Corneal transplant
- Traveculectomy
- Ectropion repair
- Entropion repair
- Ptosis repair
- Eyelid reconstruction
- Pterygium excision
- Repair of ruptured of lacerated globe
- Dacryocystorhinostomy (DCR)
- Enucleation
- Orbitotomy
Orthopedic surgery
- Foot and ankle surgery
- Hand surgery
- Hand or digit replantation
- Carpal tunnel release
- Fixation of fractures and dislocation of the wrist and hand
- Wrist arthroscopy
- Darrach procedure
- Arthrodesis of the wrist
- Excision of ganglion of the wrist
- Palmar and digital fasciectomy
- Repair of laceracted nerves/tendons of the hand
- Fixation of fractures and dislocations of the wrist and hand
- Hip surgery
- Joint replacement surgery
- Knee surgery
- Orthopedic oncology surgery
- Shoulder surgery
- Spine surgery
- Sports surgery
Otolaryngology
- Airway procedures
- Ear, audiovestibular, and temporal bone procedures
- Esophageal surgery
- Pharyngeal surgery
- Nasal surgery
- Neck surgery
- Salivary and parotid surgery
- Sinus surgery
Pediatric surgery
- Pediatric cardiac surgery
- Anastomosis of pulmonary artery to aorta (Redirects: Damus-Kaye-Stan procedure)
- Ascending aorta to pulmonary artery shunt (Redirects: Waterson shunt)
- Banding of pulmonary artery
- Descending aorta to pulmonary artery shunt (Redirects: Potts-Smith shunt)
- Excision of coarctation of aorta
- Repair of pulmonary venous stenosis
- Repair of anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Repair of hypoplastic or interrupted aortic arch
- Repair of transposition of the great arteries
- Repair of truncus arteriosus (Redirects: Rastelli procedure)
- Repair of patent ductus arteriosus
- Subclavian to pulmonary artery shunt (Redirects: Blalock-Taussig shunt)
- Superior vena cava to pulmonary artery (Redirects: Glenn procedure)
- Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Implantation
- Cardiac Catheterization
- Pediatric neurosurgery
- Pediatric otorhinolaryngology
- Pediatric urology
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
Thoracic surgery
- Bronchopulmonary lavage
- Chest wall resection
- Diaphragmatic plication
- Drainage of empyema
- Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (Redirects: EBUS-TBNA)
- Lobectomy (Redirects: Wedge resection)
- Lung volume reduction surgery
- Mediastinal tumor resection
- Mediastinoscopy
- Pleural mesothelioma
- Pneumonectomy
- Repair of pectus excavatum or carinatum
- Thoracoplasty
- Thymectomy
- Tracheal resection
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (Redirects: VATS)
Vascular surgery
- Arteriovenous access for hemodialysis
- Carotid endarterectomy (CEA)
- Endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR)
- Infrainguinal arterial bypass
- Lumbar sympathectomy
- Permanent vascular access
- Thoracic outlet syndrome surgery
- Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts (TIPS)
- Varicose vein stripping and ablation
Urology
- Brachytherapy
- Circumcision
- Cystectomy
- Cystoscopy
- Kidney transplant
- Lithotripsy
- Nephrectomy
- Nephrostomy
- Orchiectomy
- Penectomy
- Prostatectomy (TURP)
- Pelvic exenteration
- Suprapubic cystostomy
- Transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT)
Out-of-operating room procedures
Airway management
- Airway anatomy
- Airway assessment
- Aspiration under anesthesia
- Cormack-Lehane grading system
- Deep extubation
- Difficult airway algorithm
- Endobronchial intubation (Redirects: Mainstem intubation)
- Mallampati score
- One-lung ventilation
- Pediatric airway management
- Preoxygenation
- Transtracheal ventilation
Airway equipment
- Bougie
- Breathing circuits (Redirects: Ayre's T-piece, Bain system, Jackson-Rees, Lack system, Magill system, Mapleson A, Mapleson B, Mapleson C, Mapleson D, Mapleson E, Mapleson F, Waters bag)
- Bronchial blocker
- Endotracheal tubes
- Double-lumen endotracheal tube (Redirects: DLT, Double-lumen endobronchial tube)
- Endotracheal tube (Redirects: ETT)
- Electromyographic endotracheal tube (Redirects: EMG ETT, NIM EMG ETT)
- Laser-resistant endotracheal tube (Redirects: Laser ETT)
- Microlaryngeal endotracheal tube (Redirects: Microlaryngoscopy tube, MLT)
- Reinforced endotracheal tube (Redirects: Armored endotracheal tube, Wire-reinforced endotracheal tube)
- Ring-Adair-Elwyn endotracheal tube (Redirects: Nasal RAE ETT, Oral RAE ETT, RAE ETT)
- Laryngoscope blades
- Macintosh laryngoscope blade (Redirects: MAC)
- Miller laryngoscope blade (Redirects: Miller)
- Wis-Hipple laryngoscope blade (Redirects: Miller)
- Lighted stylet (Redirects: Lightwand)
- Magill forceps
- Noninvasive ventilation
- Bag valve mask (Redirects: Ambu bag, BVM)
- Nasal cannula
- Non-rebreather mask
- High-flow nasal cannula (Redirects: HFNC)
- Supraglottic airways
- Combitube (Redirects: Esophageal-tracheal double-lumen tube)
- Laryngeal tube (Redirects: King LT)
- Nasopharyngeal airway (Redirects: Nasal airway)
- Oropharyngeal airway (Redirects: Oral airway)
- Laryngeal mask airways
- Laryngeal mask airway (Redirects: LMA)
- LMA Fastrach (Redirects: Intubating LMA)
- LMA ProSeal
- LMA Unique
- LMA Supreme
- I-gel LMA (Redirects: IGel LMA)
- Video laryngoscopes
- Yankauer suction tip
Airway procedures
- Cricothyrotomy (Redirects: Cric, Crike, Thyrocricotomy, Cricothyroidotomy, Needle cricothyrotomy)
- Endotracheal intubation (Redirects: Intubation)
- Laryngoscopy
- Direct laryngoscopy (Redirects: DL)
- Indirect laryngoscopy (Redirects: Fiberoptic laryngoscopy, VL, Video laryngoscopy)
- Tracheotomy (Redirects: Tracheostomy)
Anatomy and physiology
- Acid-base homeostasis
- Cerebral physiology
- Consciousness
- Cardiovascular anatomy and physiology
- Gastrointestinal physiology
- Hematology
- Hepatic physiology
- Renal physiology
- Respiratory physiology
Comorbidities
Acid-base disorders
- Metabolic acidosis (Redirects: Anion gap metabolic acidosis, Diabetic ketoacidosis, DKA, High anion gap metabolic acidosis, Hyperchloremic acidosis, Ketoacidosis, Lactic acidosis, Nongap metabolic acidosis, Normal anion gap metabolic acidosis, Renal tubular acidosis, RTA)
- Metabolic alkalosis (Redirects: Contraction alkalosis)
- Respiratory acidosis
- Respiratory alkalosis
Cardiovascular disorders
- Acute coronary syndrome (Redirects: MI, Myocardial infarction, Myocardial ischemia, Unstable angina)
- Angina pectoris (Redirects: Prinzmetal's angina, Stable angina)
- Aortic aneurysm (Redirects: AAA, Abdominal aortic aneurysm, Thoracic aortic aneurysm, TAA, Triple A)
- Aortic dissection (Redirects: Type A dissection, Type B dissection)
- Aortic rupture
- Arteriovenous malformation (Redirects: AVM, Cerebral arteriovenous malformation, Cerebral AVM)
- Brugada syndrome
- Cardiac arrhythmias
- Asystole
- Atrial fibrillation (Redirects: Afib)
- Atrial flutter (Redirects: Aflutter)
- Bradycardia (Redirects: Sinus bradycardia)
- Drug-induced QT prolongation (Redirects: QT prolongation)
- Junctional rhythm
- Long QT syndrome (Redirects: Romano-Ward syndrome)
- Pulseless electrical activity (Redirects: PEA)
- Sick sinus syndrome (Redirects: Tachycardia-bradycardia syndrome)
- Ventricular fibrillation
- Wandering atrial pacemaker
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome (Redirects: WPW)
- Heart block (Redirects: Atrioventricular block, AV block, SA block, Sinoatrial block)
- Bundle branch block (Redirects: Bifascicular block)
- Left anterior fascicular block (Redirects: LAFB)
- Left bundle branch block (Redirects: LBBB)
- Left posterior fascicular block (Redirects: LPFB)
- Right bundle branch block (Redirects: RBBB)
- First-degree atrioventricular block (Redirects: 1st-degree atrioventricular block)
- Second-degree atrioventricular block (Redirects: 2nd-degree atrioventricular block, Mobitz I, Mobitz II, Wenckebach block)
- Third-degree atrioventricular block (Redirects: 3rd-degree atrioventricular block, Complete heart block, Trifascicular block)
- Bundle branch block (Redirects: Bifascicular block)
- Premature contraction
- Premature atrial contraction (Redirects: PAC)
- Premature junctional contraction (Redirects: PJC)
- Premature ventricular contraction (Redirects: PVC)
- Tachycardia
- Supraventricular tachycardia (Redirects: SVT)
- Atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (Redirects: AVRT)
- AV-nodal reentrant tachycardia (Redirects: AVNRT)
- Multifocal atrial tachycardia
- Sinus tachycardia
- Ventricular tachycardia
- Supraventricular tachycardia (Redirects: SVT)
- Cardiac tamponade
- Cardiomyopathy
- Cardiomegaly
- Left atrial enlargement (Redirects: LAE)
- Left ventricular hypertrophy (Redirects: LVH)
- Right atrial enlargement (Redirects: RAE)
- Right ventricular hypertrophy (Redirects: RVH)
- Congenital heart defects
- Absent pulmonary valve syndrome
- Aortopulmonary septal defects
- Atrial septal defect (Redirects: ASD, Sinus venosus atrial septal defect)
- Atrioventricular septal defect (Redirects: Atrioventricular canal defect, Endocardial cushion defect, AVSD, Ostium primum atrial septal defect)
- Bicuspid aortic valve
- Cor triatriatum
- Coronary artery anomaly (Redirects: AAOCA, Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery)
- Crisscross heart
- Dextrocardia
- Ebstein's anomaly
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Hypoplastic right heart syndrome (Redirects: Uhl anomaly)
- Lutembacher's syndrome
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- Ventricular inversion
- Ventricular septal defect (Redirects: VSD)
- Congenital vascular malformations
- Aberrant subclavian artery
- Anomalous pulmonary venous connection (Redirects: Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection, Scimitar syndrome, Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection)
- Aneurysm of sinus of Valsalva
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Congenital stenosis of vena cava
- Double aortic arch
- Interrupted aortic arch
- Overriding aorta
- Patent ductus arteriosus (Redirects: PDA)
- Persistent left superior vena cava
- Pulmonary atresia
- Right-sided aortic arch
- Stenosis of pulmonary artery
- Vascular ring
- Coronary artery disease (Redirects: CAD)
- Coronary steal syndrome (Redirects: Cardiac steal syndrome)
- Endocarditis (Redirects: Acute bacterial endocarditis, Infective endocarditis, Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis, Subacute bacterial endocarditis)
- Heart failure (Redirects: Biventricular heart failure, CHF, Congestive heart failure, Left-sided heart failure, Right-sided heart failure)
- Gestational hypertension
- Hypertension (comorbidity) (Redirects: Essential hypertension, HTN)
- Pericardial effusion
- Pericarditis
- Peripheral artery disease (Redirects: PAD)
- Pulmonary embolism (Redirects: PE)
- Pulmonary heart disease (Redirects: Cor pulmonale)
- Pulmonary hypertension (Redirects: PAH, PH, Pulmonary arterial hypertension)
- Shock
- Cardiogenic shock
- Obstructive shock
- Distributive shock (Redirects: Septic shock)
- Valvular heart disease
- Aortic stenosis (Redirects: AS)
- Aortic regurgitation (Redirects: Aortic insufficiency, AR)
- Mitral stenosis
- Mitral regurgitation (Redirects: Mitral insufficiency, MR)
- Mitral valve prolapse (Redirects: MVP)
- Pulmonary valve stenosis
- Pulmonary valve regurgitation (Redirects: Pulmonary valve insufficiency)
- Tricuspid stenosis (Redirects: TS)
- Tricuspid regurgitation (Redirects: Tricuspid insufficiency, TR)
Cerebrovascular disorders
- Anterior spinal artery syndrome (Redirects: Beck's syndrome)
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Moyamoya disease
- Epidural hematoma
- Intracranial aneurysm (Redirects: Berry aneurysm, Saccular aneurysm)
- Intracranial hemorrhage (Redirects: Intracerebral hemorrhage, Intraparenchymal hemorrhage, Intraventricular hemorrhage, SAH, Subarachnoid hemorrhage)
- Stroke (Redirects: Cerebral infarction, Cerebrovascular accident, CVA, Hemorrhagic stroke, Ischemic stroke)
- Subdural hematoma (Redirects: SDH)
- Vertebrobasilar insufficiency (Redirects: Subclavian steal syndrome, VBI)
Electrolyte disorders
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypernatremia
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypokalemia
- Hyponatremia (Redirects: Hypotonic hyponatremia, Isotonic hyponatremia)
Endocrine disorders
- Acromegaly
- Adrenal insufficiency (Redirects: Addison's disease)
- Carcinoid syndrome
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Cushing's syndrome
- Diabetes insipidus
- Diabetes mellitus
- Gestational diabetes
- Type 1 diabetes (Redirects: DM1, T1D)
- Type 2 diabetes (Redirects: DM2, T2D)
- Hyperaldosteronism (Redirects: Bartter syndrome, Conn syndrome)
- Hyperlipidemia (Redirects: HLD)
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism (Redirects: Graves' disease, Thyrotoxicosis)
- Hypoaldosteronism
- Hypoparathyroidism
- Hypothyroidism (Redirects: Cretinism, Euthyroid sick syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Myxedema)
- Kallmann syndrome
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia (Redirects: Sipple syndrome, Wagenmann-Froboese syndrome, Wermer syndrome)
- Obesity
- Pheochromocytoma
- Porphyria (Redirects: Acute intermittent porphyria, AIP)
- Serotonin syndrome
- Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (Redirects: SIADH)
Gastrointestinal disorders
- Acute liver failure (Redirects: ALF, Fulminant hepatic failure, Hepatic encephalopathy)
- Chronic liver disease
- Cirrhosis (Redirects: Chronic liver failure)
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease (Redirects: Acid reflux, GERD, Heartburn)
- Hepatitis
Genetic disorders
- Amyloidosis
- Andersen-Tawil syndrome
- Antithrombin III deficiency
- Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
- Bartter syndrome
- Bernard-Soulier syndrome
- Brugada syndrome
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Congenital afibrinogenemia
- Crouzon syndrome
- Cystic fibrosis (Redirects: CF)
- Down syndrome (Redirects: Trisomy 21)
- Dysfibrinogenemia
- Edwards syndrome (Redirects: Trisomy 18)
- Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (Redirects: EDS)
- Epidermolysis bullosa (Redirects: EB)
- Fabry disease
- Factor V Leiden
- Fanconi syndrome
- Friedreich's ataxia
- Gitelman syndrome
- Glanzmann's thrombasthenia
- Glycogen storage disease (Redirects: Aldolase A deficiency, Andersen disease, Cori's disease, Forbes' disease, Hers' disease, McArdle disease, Pompe disease, Tarui's disease, von Gierke's disease)
- Gray platelet syndrome
- Hemophilia
- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (Redirects: HHT, Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome)
- Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Huntington's disease
- Hypoprothrombinemia
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome
- Kallmann syndrome
- Klippel-Feil syndrome
- Liddle's syndrome
- Long QT syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- May-Hegglin anomaly
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia
- Noonan syndrome
- Pierre Robin sequence
- Protein C deficiency
- Protein S deficiency
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome
- Muscular dystrophy (Redirects: Becker muscular dystrophy, Duchenne muscular dystrophy, Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, Myotonic muscular dystrophy)
- Neurofibromatosis
- Mucopolysaccharidosis (Redirects: Hunter syndrome, Hurler syndrome, Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome, Morquio syndrome, Natowicz syndrome, Sanfilippo syndrome, Scheie syndrome, Sly syndrome)
- Sickle cell disease
- Timothy syndrome
- Treacher Collins syndrome
- VACTERL association
- von Willebrand disease
Head and neck disorders
- Epiglottitis
- Laryngomalacia
- Laryngotracheal stenosis
- Pharyngeal abscess (Redirects: Peritonsillar abscess, Retropharyngeal abscess)
- Pharyngitis (Redirects: Strep throat, Tonsillitis)
Hematologic disorders
- Coagulopathies
- Disseminated intravascular coagulation (Redirects: DIC, Purpura fulminans)
- Hypercoagulable disorders
- Hypocoagulable disorders
- Evans syndrome
- Bernard-Soulier syndrome
- Congenital afibrinogenemia
- Dysfibrinogenemia
- Glanzmann's thrombasthenia
- Gray platelet syndrome
- Hemophilia (Redirects: Factor IX deficiency, Factor VII deficiency, Factor VIII deficiency, Factor X deficiency, Factor XI deficiency, Factor XII deficiency, Factor XIII deficiency, Haemophilia, Hemophilia A, Hemophilia B, Hemophilia C)
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (Redirects: HIT, HITT)
- Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome
- Hypoprothrombinemia
- Thrombocytopenic purpura (Redirects: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, ITP, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic purpura, TTP, Upshaw–Schulman syndrome)
- May-Hegglin anomaly
- von Willebrand disease (Redirects: vWD)
Mediastinal disorders
Musculoskeletal disorders
- Congenital musculoskeletal disorders
- Craniosynostosis
- Down syndrome
- Goldenhar syndrome
- Klippel-Feil syndrome (Redirects: KFS)
- Pierre Robin sequence (Redirects: PRS)
- Treacher Collins syndrome (Redirects: TCS)
Neonatal emergencies
- Abdominal wall defects
- Choanal atresia
- Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
- Esophageal atresia
- Intestinal obstruction
- Congenital aganglionic megacolon (Redirects: Hirschsprung's disease)
- Intestinal atresia
- Intestinal malrotation (Redirects: Volvulus
- Meconium ileus
- Necrotizing enterocolitis (Redirects: NEC)
- Pyloric stenosis
- Spina bifida
- Tracheoesophageal fistula
Neurologic disorders
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Redirects: ALS)
- Autonomic dysreflexia
- Chronic pain (comorbidity)
- Dementia
- Dysautonomia
- Essential tremor
- Huntington's disease
- Multiple sclerosis
- Myasthenia gravis
- Parkinson's disease
- Seizures (Redirects: Epilepsy)
- Stroke
Obstetric disorders
- Amniotic fluid embolism (Redirects: AFE)
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Fetal distress
- Gestational hypertension
- Gestational diabetes
- Nuchal cord
- HELLP syndrome
- Obstetrical bleeding
- Placenta accreta spectrum (Redirects: Accreta, Increta, Percreta, Placenta accreta, Placenta increta, Placenta percreta)
- Umbilical cord prolapse
- Uterine rupture
- Vasa previa
Psychiatric disorders
- Generalized Anxiety disorder (Redirects: Anxiety, GAD)
- Major depressive disorder (Redirects: Depression, MDD)
- Substance abuse (Redirects: Drug abuse)
Pulmonary disorders
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome (Redirect: ARDS)
- Asthma
- Atelectasis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Redirects: COPD)
- Cystic fibrosis
- Lung cancer
- Obstructive sleep apnea (Redirects: OSA)
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumonia
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary edema
- Pulmonary embolism (Redirects: PE)
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Redirects: Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2)
Renal disorders
- Acute renal failure
- Bartter syndrome
- Diabetes insipidus
- Chronic kidney disease (Redirects: CKD)
- Fanconi syndrome
- Gitelman syndrome
- Liddle's syndrome
- Uremia
Perioperative management
- Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS)
- Perioperative prevention of chronic pain
- Perioperative visual loss
Preoperative management
Postoperative management
Postoperative complications
- Dental injury
- Intraoperative awareness
- Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV)
- Residual neuromuscular blockade
Intraoperative emergencies
- Acute coronary syndrome (Redirects: MI, Myocardial infarction, Myocardial ischemia)
- Amniotic fluid embolism (Redirects: AFE)
- Anaphylaxis
- Asystole
- Bradycardia (intraoperative emergency)
- Bronchospasm
- Cardiac arrest
- Delayed emergence
- Difficult airway algorithm
- Fire (intraoperative emergency) (Redirects: Airway fire)
- Hypertension (intraoperative emergency)
- Hypotension (intraoperative emergency)
- Hypoxemia (intraoperative emergency)
- Laryngospasm
- Local anesthetic systemic toxicity (Redirects: LAST)
- Malignant Hyperthermia
- Oxygen failure
- Pneumothorax
- Power failure
- Total spinal anesthesia
- Transfusion reaction
- Pulseless electrical activity (Redirects: PEA arrest)
- Supraventricular tachycardia (intraoperative emergency) (Redirects: SVT (intraoperative emergency))
- Venous air embolism (Redirects: VAE)
- Ventricular fibrillation (Redirects: VF, Vfib)
- Ventricular tachycardia (Redirects: Monomorphic ventricular tachycardia, Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, Torsades de pointes, VT, Vtach)
Intraoperative monitoring
- Arterial blood pressure (Redirects: ABP)
- Capnography (Redirects: End-tidal CO2, EtCO2)
- Central venous pressure (Redirects: CVP)
- Cerebral oximetry (Redirects: ScO2)
- Core temperature
- Echocardiography
- Transesophageal echocardiography (Redirects: TEE)
- Transthoracic echocardiography (Redirects: TTE)
- Electrocardiography (Redirects: 5-lead electrocardiogram, ECG)
- Electroencephalography (Redirects: BIS, Bispectral index, EEG, Entropy monitoring, Patient state index, PSI, SedLine, Spectral edge frequency)
- Intracranial pressure (Redirects: ICP)
- Neuromonitoring
- Brainstem auditory evoked potentials (Redirects: BAEPs)
- Motor evoked potentials (Redirects: MEPs)
- Somatosensory evoked potentials (Redirects: SSEPs)
- Visual evoked potentials (Redirects: VEPs)
- Pleth variability index (Redirects: PVI)
- Pulse oximetry (Redirects: Plethysmography, SpO2)
- Pulse pressure variation (Redirects: PPV)
- Precordial doppler
- Pulmonary artery pressure (Redirects: PAP)
- Peripheral IV (Redirects: IV, Large bore IV, PIV)
- Urine output (Redirects: UOP)
Neuraxial and regional anesthesia
Neuraxial anesthesia
- Caudal anesthesia
- Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia (Redirects: CSE)
- Epidural anesthesia (Redirects: Epidural)
- Post-dural-puncture headache (Redirects: PDPH)
- Spinal anesthesia (Redirects: Spinal)
- Total spinal anesthesia
Regional anesthesia
Head and neck nerve blocks
Upper extremity nerve blocks
Thoracic and abdominal wall blocks
- Intercostal nerve block
- Pectoralis nerve block
- Quadratus lumborum block (Redirects: QL block)
- Serratus plane block
- Transversus abdominis plane block (Redirects: TAP block)
- Truncal block (Redirects: Iliohypogastric nerve block, Ilioinguinal nerve block, Rectus sheath block)
Lower extremity nerve blocks
- Ankle block
- Fascia iliaca block
- Femoral nerve block
- Lumbar plexus block
- Obturator nerve block
- Popliteal nerve block
- Saphenous nerve block
- Sciatic nerve block
Pharmacology
Drug reference
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors
- Edrophonium
- Neostigmine (Redirects: Bloxiverz)
- Physostigmine
Adrenergic receptor modulators
Redirects: Alpha agonists, Alpha antagonists, Beta agonists
- Alpha-1 agonists
- Ephedrine
- Epinephrine (Redirects: Adrenaline)
- Norepinephrine (Redirects: Noradrenaline)
- Phenylephrine (Redirects: Neosynephrine)
- Alpha-1 antagonists
- Alpha-2 agonists
- Clonidine (Redirects: Catapres)
- Dexmedetomidine (Redirects: Precedex)
- Beta agonists
- Beta-1 selective agonists
- Ephedrine
- Epinephrine
- Isoprenaline (Redirects: Isoproterenol)
- Norepinephrine
- Beta blockers (Redirects: Beta antagonists)
- Beta-1 selective antagonists
- Esmolol (Redirects: Brevibloc)
- Metoprolol
- Labetalol
- Beta-1 selective antagonists
Analgesics
- Acetaminophen (Redirects: Tylenol)
- Analgesic adjuvants
- Gabapentin (Redirects: Neurontin)
- Ketamine
- Lidocaine
- Pregabalin (Redirects: Lyrica)
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (Redirects: NSAIDs)
- Opioid analgesics
Antibiotics
- Cefazolin (Redirects: Ancef, Kefzol)
- Clindamycin (Redirects: Cleocin)
- Vancomycin
Anticholinergics
Antidotes
- Andexanet alfa (Redirects: Andexxa)
- Atropine
- Dantrolene
- Flumazenil
- Glucagon
- Hydroxocobalamin (Redirects: Vitamin B12)
- Idarucizumab (Redirects: Praxbind)
- Methylene blue (Redirects: Methylthioninium chloride)
- Physostigmine
- Naloxone
- Protamine
- Sugammadex (Redirects: Bridion)
Antiemetics
- Aprepitant (Redirects: Fosaprepitant, Emend)
- Dexamethasone
- Granisetron (Redirects: Kytril)
- Haloperidol (Redirects: Haldol)
- Metoclopramide (Redirects: Reglan)
- Ondansetron (Redirects: Zofran)
- Prochlorperazine (Redirects: Compazine)
- Promethazine (Redirects: Phenergan)
- Propofol
- Scopolamine (Redirects: Hyoscine)
Antifibrinolytics
- Tranexamic acid (Redirects: TXA)
Antihistamines
- Diphenhydramine (Redirects: Benadryl)
- Famotidine (Redirects: Pepcid)
Antithrombotics
- Antiplatelet drugs
- Aspirin
- Clopidogrel (Redirects: Plavix)
- Ticagrelor (Redirects: Brilinta)
- Anticoagulants
- Apixaban (Redirects: Eliquis)
- Argatroban
- Dabigatran (Redirects: Pradaxa)
- Fondaparinux
- Heparin
- Low-molecular-weight heparin (Redirects: Enoxaparin, Lovenox, LMWH)
- Rivaroxaban (Redirects: Xarelto)
- Warfarin (Redirects: Coumadin)
- Thrombolytics
- Tissue plasminogen activator (Redirects: Alteplase, tPA)
- Streptokinase
Anxiolytics
Benzodiazepines
Chronotropes
Redirects: Negative chronotropes, Positive chronotropes
- Negative chronotropes
- Positive chronotropes
Diuretics
General anesthetics
- Inhalational anesthestics (Redirects: Volatile anesthetics)
- Chloroethane (Redirects: Ethyl chloride)
- Chloroform
- Cyclopropane
- Desflurane (Redirects: Suprane)
- Diethyl ether (Redirects: Ether)
- Enflurane
- Halothane (Redirects: Fluothane)
- Isoflurane (Redirects: Forane)
- Methoxyflurane
- Nitrous oxide
- Sevoflurane (Redirects: Ultane)
- Xenon
- Intravenous anesthetics
- Etomidate (Redirects: Amidate)
- Ketamine (Redirects: Esketamine, Ketalar)
- Methohexital (Redirects: Brevital)
- Propofol (Redirects: Diprivan)
- Thiopental (Redirects: Sodium pentothal)
Imaging dyes
Inodilators
- Dobutamine
- Milrinone (Redirects: Primacor)
Inotropes
Redirects: Negative inotropes, Positive inotropes
- Negative inotropes
- Positive inotropes
Intravenous fluids
- Albumin
- Hetastarch (Redirects: Hydroxyethyl starch)
- Intravenous sugar solution (Redirects: D5, D50, D5W, D5NS, D5LR)
- Normal saline (Redirects: NS)
- Lactated Ringer's (Redirects: LR)
- Normosol
- Plasma-lyte
- Sodium bicarbonate
Local anesthetics
- Benzocaine
- Bupivacaine (Redirects: Marcaine)
- Chloroprocaine (Redirects: Nesacaine)
- Procaine (Redirects: Novocain, Novocaine)
- Lidocaine (Redirects: Xylocaine)
- Mepivacaine (Redirects: Carbocaine)
- Ropivacaine (Redirects: Naropin)
- Tetracaine
Local anesthetic adjuvants
- Clonidine
- Epinephrine
- Fentanyl
- Hydromorphone
- Ketamine
- Midazolam
- Morphine
- Neostigmine
- Sufentanil
- Sodium bicarbonate
Neuromuscular blockers
- Cisatracurium (Redirects: Nimbex)
- Mivacurium
- Rocuronium (Redirects: Zemuron)
- Succinylcholine (Redirects: Anectine)
- Vecuronium
Opioids
- Opioid analgesics
- Opium alkaloids and derivatives
- Buprenorphine (Redirects: Subutex)
- Codeine
- Hydrocodone (Redirects: Vicodin)
- Hydromorphone (Redirects: Dilaudid)
- Morphine
- Oxycodone (Redirects: Oxycontin, Roxicodone)
- Synthetic opioids
- Alfentanil (Redirects: Alfenta)
- Fentanyl (Redirects: Sublimaze)
- Methadone
- Meperidine (Redirects: Demerol, Pethidine)
- Remifentanil (Redirects: Ultiva)
- Sufentanil (Redirects: Sufenta)
- Tramadol (Redirects: Ultram)
- Opium alkaloids and derivatives
- Opioid antagonists
- Naloxone (Redirects: Narcan)
- Naltrexone
- Buprenorphine/naltrexone (Redirects: Suboxone)
Sedative hypnotics
Steroids
- Dexamethasone (Redirects: Decadron)
- Hydrocortisone
Uterotonics
- Carboprost (Redirects: Hemabate)
- Methylergometrine (Redirects: Methergine, Methylergonovine)
- Misoprostol (Redirects: Cytotec)
- Oxytocin (Redirects: Pitocin)
Vasodilators
- Calcium channel blockers
- Clevidipine (Redirects: Cleviprex)
- Nicardipine (Redirects: Cardene)
- Nimodipine (Redirects: Nimotop)
- Nitrovasodilators
- Nitric oxide (Redirects: NO)
- Nitroglycerin
- Nitroprusside (Redirects: Nipride, SNP, Sodium nitroprusside)
- Pulmonary vasodilators
- Nitric oxide (Redirects: NO)
- Epoprostenol (Redirects: Flolan, Prostacyclin, Prostaglandin I2)
- Dobutamine
- Fenoldopam (Redirects: Corlopam)
- Hydralazine
- Milrinone
- Sildenafil (Redirects: Revatio, Viagra)
Vasoconstrictors
- Ephedrine
- Epinephrine
- Phenylephrine
- Norepinephrine
- Dopamine
- Vasopressin (Redirects: Vasostrict)
Other drugs
Transfusion medicine
Blood products
Procedures in anesthesia
- Airway procedures
- Neuraxial anesthesia
- Regional anesthesia
- Vascular access procedures