(Updated: July 10, 2004)

The following is a compilation of the known errors/revisions in the 2004 Valley Anesthesia Review Course Manual ("sweat book"). Please take the time to make these corrections directly in your manual so as to avoid questions or confusion later on. We apologize for any inconvenience these errors may have already caused. Please notify us immediately if you have found additional errors/revisions so that we may publish those corrections in a timely manner. Note: simple typographic errors are not listed here.

Page 116: Quick Quiz: Nervous System Answer Key

7,b; c is the correct answer

Page 126: Left Bundle Branch Block (LBBB)

The figure shown is Right Bundle Branch Block. The correct figure follows.

 

 

Page 130: "Know"box in middle of the page

(5) with hypercalcemia the QT interval is prolonged shortened.

Page 145: Altered Afterload (hypothetical numbers in the table are used to help illustrate the concepts)

Row 3, first column: "Ex: Haven give give n nitroprusside (Nipride)"

Page 149: Concepts

c. With an increase in contractility (give have given digitalis or calcium), the pressure...

Page 282: MemoryMaster™ Course (2004 Edition)

IA7a-c

Page 304: Problem

The problem narrative appears at the bottom of page 303; "2,500 mg of drug was administered..."

Page 414:

Exercise: You have inserted a Swan-Ganz catheter into the right internal jugular artery vein. For each location (A,B,C,D) below, state where the tip of the catheter is located and how far the catheter has been inserted

Page 479: NERVE INJURY CHART FOR ARM

 

Radial

  • Compression against underlying humerus when lateral upper arm is compressed on operating room table
  • Inability to extend the wrist
  • Inability to abduct the thumb
  • Inability to extend (straighten) the elbow
  • Wrist drop
  • Decreased sensation over the dorsal surface of the lateral three and one-half fingers

Page 548: tracheal tube parameters chart

 

 

 

TRACHEAL TUBE SIZE

ANATOMIC DISTANCE

 

 

DIAMETER

 

Teeth to Carina

CORDS

Teeth to Carina

Sagittal

AGE

WEIGHT

ID(mm)

FRENCH

LENGTH