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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Assess the likelihood ... and clinical impact ... surgical airway access ... induction of general anesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
of blood, pus, effusion ... help and inform clinical ... pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... Plan definitive management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
anesthesiologists to assess ... #clinical #management ... #anesthesia #anesthesiology
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
expose intravenous access ... . ❼ Use rapid infusion ... equipment. ❽ Discuss management ... an appropriate clinical ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
anaesthetic (remember infusion ... inform immediate clinical ... establish intravenous access ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
IV access 4. ... mg/kg IV, then infusion ... mg/kg IV, then infusion ... Consider consulting anesthesia ... Treatment #Algorithm #Management
Pleural effusion + lung mass + abscess on POCUS

Image from Dr Oscar Diaz.

- Dr. Marco Umaña
Pleural effusion ... + lung mass + abscess ... #lung #mass #abscess ... POCUS #Pulmonary #Clinical ... #Ultrasound
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
IV access 4. ... ADVANCED AIRWAY MANAGEMENT ... mg/kg IV, then infusion ... Consider consulting anesthesia ... Algorithm #Convulsive #management
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
an adrenaline infusion ... noradrenaline infusion ... an appropriate critical ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... echocardiography - Assess ... SpO2 > 88% • Management ... syndrome #diagnosis #management