At your institution, if you have academic or nonclinical time, how is it funded?

At your institution, who provides the anesthetic care of a Fontan patient with optimal Fontan hemodynamics who is undergoing non-cardiac surgery?

In your institution, how often are femoral arterial lines placed in NICU patients weighing less than 2kg?

What hemostatic agent is used for “rescue therapy”, defined as situations in which patients continue to bleed excessively following cardiopulmonary bypass despite having received maximal standard hemostatic therapy?

in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit. The patient underwent a Norwood procedure 24 hours ago and is considered to be ready for chest closure. The patient is receiving cefazolin around the clock for antibiotic coverage. The last dose of antibiotic was given 1 ½ hours ago. Would you, prior to surgical incision:

who is s/p Modified Blalock-Taussig Shunt now coming for a complete repair with a Right Ventricle-Pulmonary Artery conduit. On bypass, the patient receives a total of 2 units of Packed Red Blood Cells and 1 unit of Fresh Frozen Plasma. A Fibrinogen level drawn while on bypass reveals a level of 180 mg/dL. As you are preparing for separation from bypass would you, in addition to platelets, order the following to the operating room?

In March 2015, propofol was added to the CredibleMeds list of drugs with potential to cause Torsades de pointes. A 14yo patient with prolonged QT interval presents for an appendectomy. Would you avoid propofol in this patient?

What is your usual anesthetic plan for a routine cardiac catheterization in a 7 years old presenting for annual myocardial biopsy after transplant two years ago?

Where is your preferred insertion site for a central venous catheter in a child presenting for a Bidirectional Glenn procedure?

What is the oxygenation strategy during cardiopulmonary bypass at your institution?