You are preparing to anesthetize an 8-year-old child with Tr…

You are preparing to anesthetize an 8-year-old child with Trisomy 21 for bilateral myringotomy and tympanostomy tubes, tonsillectomy, and adenoidectomy. The patient has normal thyroid function tests, a small, restrictive ASD, and is in the 95th percentile for weight. Choose the best anesthesia plan for this patient.

A patient arrives in the emergency department complaining of…

A patient arrives in the emergency department complaining of chest pain that has lasted longer than 1 hour and is unrelieved by nitroglycerin. The patient’s electrocardiogram reveals elevation of the ST segment. Initial cardiac troponin levels are negative. The patient is receiving oxygen via nasal cannula. Which drug should be given immediately?