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Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... diagnosis and rapid drainage ... tamponade recurs ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Cardiovascular Causes ... failure - CAD/ACS ... Constrictive - Tamponade ... Pulmonary Causes ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology
How do you work up an ischemic CVA?
A) Initial Evaluation
 • ABCs
 • IV access, monitor
How do you work ... Evaluation • ABCs ... Evaluate underlying cause ... #CVA #stroke #workup ... #diagnosis #checklist
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... pressure as a cause ... 1 o Cardiac tamponade ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
The probable cause ... Hypothermia Tamponade ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
an underlying cause ... about secondary causes ... you’ll do a good workup ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #workup ... #hematology
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
decrease in most cases ... schistocytes, nucleated RBCs ... hematuria (without casts ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hematology
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
should identify any cause ... o Cardiac tamponade ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Management #Workup
Key Basic Plan - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

This Key Basic Plan will detect and identify
Guidelines for Crises ... Note Box B) • Pause ... anaesthesia #Basics #Checklist ... #ABCDs #ABCs #BasicPlan ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup