A 24-year-old woman comes to the emergency department because of abdominal pain, fever, nausea, and vomiting for 12 hours. Her abdominal pain was initially dull and diffuse but has progressed to a sharp pain on the lower right side. she is diagnosed with acute appendicitis and she is taken to surgical theater. During preparing to the surgery a general anesthesia is used. A fluorinated inhaled anesthetic (isoflurane) is used to achieve the desirable depth of central nervous system depression. An increase in which of the following parameters is most likely to happen during the anesthesia in this patient?

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A 24-year-old woman comes to the emergency department because of abdominal pain, fever, nausea, and vomiting for 12 hours. Her abdominal pain was initially dull and diffuse but has progressed to a sharp pain on the lower right side. she is diagnosed with acute appendicitis and she is taken to surgical theater. During preparing to the surgery a general anesthesia is used.  A fluorinated inhaled anesthetic (isoflurane) is used to achieve the desirable depth of central nervous system depression.  An increase in which of the following parameters is most likely to happen during the anesthesia in this patient?

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Eductional Objective: Almost all volatile anesthetics increase cerebral blood flow.  It is an undesirable effect as it results in increased ICP.  Other important effects of inhalation anesthetics are myocardial depression, hypotension, respiratory depression and decreased renal function.

A 24-Year-Old Woman Comes to the Emergency Department Because of Abdominal