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Hypertension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Anesthesiology - Differential ... Check sources of anesthetic ... - Increase anesthetic ... Anesthesiology #Differential
Causes of Hyperpyrexia (Temp > 106.7° F) - Differential Diagnosis
 • Heat Stroke
 • Drug-induced: Amphetamines,
> 106.7° F) - Differential ... : Inhalational Anesthetics ... #Hyperpyrexia #Differential
Drug-Induced Seizures - OTIS-CAMPBELL

O - Organophosphate, oral hypoglycemics, opioid
T - TCA, theophylline
I - Isoniazid, Insulin
S -
lindane, L - Local anesthetics ... Medication #Causes #Differential
Secondary Causes of Hypothermia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definition:
- Core temp < 35°C

Infectious:
 - Sepsis

Neuromuscular Disease:
 -
Hypothermia - Differential ... agonists - General anesthetics ... #Hypothermia #Differential
Possible Causes of Altered Urine Color 

Red 
    Foods: beets, blackberries, rhubarb
thioridazine), anesthetics ... Discoloration #Differential
OTIS CAMPBELL Mnemonic for Toxicological Causes of Seizures

O - Organophosphates, Oral Hypoglycemics
T - Tricyclic antidepressants, Theophylline
Lindane L - Local Anesthetics ... Neurology #Toxicology #Differential
LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE.
•	Cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout the body. 
•	Oxidoreductase, enzyme of the anaerobic metabolic pathway.
•	Heart,
fluorides, narcotics, anesthetics ... through LDH-5, have differential
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Central: Drugs (anesthetics ... acidosis #alkalosis #differential
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
hemiplegic or anesthetic ... symptoms #clues #differential
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... Fluoroquinolones, Magnesium, Anesthetics