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A routine list, until it is not

An elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy: a standard induction, the physiology of blowing gas into an abdomen, and the airway's favourite ambush on waking.

Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy38 y female · 70 kg · ASA 1Biliary colic, otherwise well, fasted since midnight. Anxious about needles; a smoker of five a day.

Elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy · min 0 · Pre-induction

HR
82
SpO2
98%
NIBP
124/76
EtCO2
0.0 kPa
RR
14
Temp
36.7°
Anaesthetic recordv systolic · ^ diastolic · ● heart rate
040801201602000102030405060minutesv^

Pre-induction

min 0 · step 1/7

Checked in, cannula in after local, monitoring on. The airway plan is being spoken aloud before any drug is drawn.

Fasted and well: why does this laparoscopic case still get a cuffed tracheal tube rather than a laryngeal mask?

The case waits for your decision.

Teaching values for the printed patient, not a prescribing reference. The drug cart holds every drug here with its class, concentration and dose logic.