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What variable is manipulated in an experimental design?

You are caring for a 10-month-old, 7kg infant for placement of ear tubes. The procedure has just finished and you are waking the patient up when you suddenly hear an inspiratory ‘squeak’ and then lose your ETCO2 waveform. You place an appropriately sized oral airway, readjust your mask fit, and get the patient’s head in a better position. You look down to see the patient’s chest and abdomen moving, but you still see no ETCO2 waveform and now the O2 saturation has gone from 100% to 90%. What would be an appropriate next action?

Which of the following congenital heart lesions is typically acyanotic (results in left-to-right shunting)?

In a literature search it is always better to start narrow and expand your search as needed.

A full-term newborn will have which of the following differences in regard to pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics

Read the abstract in the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology: https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2023_AJSLP-22-00038. You do NOT need to read the full study to answer these questions. Given the options below, which term(s) describe(s) the type of study this is?  

Of the following options, which would be most reliable for the anesthesia provider to perform with emergency airway management in infants and young children?

Which of the following regarding use of EMLA cream is accurate?

Why are premature infants more likely to require respiratory support shortly after birth?

Functionally, the narrowest portion of the infant’s larynx is at