- Topics Learned:
- Celiac Plexus Block si/sx
- Stellate Ganglion
- Ax Nerve Block
- Cancer drugs
- Resp equations
- Flow Volume Loops
- Pressure Volume Loops
- TEG
- AIP
- Renal
- Anterior Pituitary Hormones (F.L.A.T. P.I.G.)
- Maximal allowable blood loss / EBV
- Stats: SD/SEM, Type I/II Error, Statistical tests: Chi square test, t-test, ANOVA
- Peds: CDH, Croup, Epiglottitis, Physiology numbers
- Equip/Physics: Calculating O2 left, Mapleson circuits
- Post-pneumonectomy pulmonary edema
- Drugs - comparing NMBD & Sux effects on Burns, MG, Lambert-Eaton, MS, GBS
- LaPlace's law
- TNS vs Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Drug effects on Intraocular Pressure
- Dexmedetomidine
- MAO of Drugs - Ketamine, Gabapentin, etc
- Dibucaine number
- TCA vs SSRI & CYP2D6 effects
- Volatile anesthetics - CO poisoning, metabolism, vapor pressure, B/G solubility, effects of right main stem intubation, Ventilation, cardiac output
- ASRA Guidelines on coagulation and neuraxial anesthesia
- Hall MCQ's x 3 Rounds
- ACE MCQ's 8A&B to 6A&B x 3 Rounds + ACE 5B & ITE 1996 Exam Book A x 1 Round
- Reviewed all Hall MCQ's (except Peds & Neuro)
- Review Sheets: OB, Anat/Reg/Pain, Resp, Neuro
- Reviewed Jensen B 2011 Explanations
- Hyponatremia
- Airway anatomy
- Some Lock'n'Loads
- Better Clinical Anesthesiologist -- Experience w/ cardiac cases, anesthesia for non-obstetric surgery on parturient
- IV Drugs
- Improved or Stayed the same on All MCQ's (even without fully reviewing everything)
- Meditating daily
- More settled w/ job and w/ current living situation
List 2: Everything You'd Like to Learn before ABA 2013 - ITE & Oral Boards - February 2013
- Review Recalls Part I 2012 & Recalls ITE 2012
- ACE Exams (Goal > 80%) = 8A (59%), 6A (61%), 6B (63%), 5B (63%), 8B (72%)
- Hall Exams (Goal > 65%)
- Equip/Physics
- Resp/CCM (41%)
- Blood/Txf/Fluid (44.4%)
- Volatile Drugs (47.5%)
- Cardiovascular (49.4%)
- OB (55.4%)
- Peds (56.6%)
- Anat/Reg/Pain (58.27%)
- General (58.4%)
- IV Drugs (60.5%)
- Neuro (62.9%)
- Review Sheets!
- Work on Consolidating all ACE, Hall, Jensen Review, Big Blue, Lock'n'Loads, Baby Blue info
- Do so in order of topics above (or as is most interesting).. but with goal to continue to LEARN NEW TOPIC EACH DAY!
- Lung transplantation
- Cardiac tamponade
- Drugs - to Finish from Big Blue
- Coagulation factors deficient in ESLD
- Superficial vs Deep Cervical Plexus Block
- Diuretics MOA - Furosemide, Bumetanide, HCTZ
- Pathophysiology of neuromuscular diseases
- Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system
- Child-Turcot-Pugh score
- Differences between causes of blindness - retinal artery occlusion, ischemic optic neuropathy, etc.
- L.I.M. - equipment monitor
