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Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
Possible Hypertensive Emergency ... mm is needed to cause ... Hypertensive emergency ... - Acute kidney injury ... - Pulmonary edema
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
or iatrogenic causes ... • Call for ultrasound ... Plan definitive management ... EMERGENCY PERICARDIOCENTESIS ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
inflammatory lung injury ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... there is no clear cause ... the underlying cause
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
is a clinical emergency ... maintained fever CAUSES ... Traumatic brain injury ... #Differential #Causes ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... quantify renal injury ... Goodpasture's cause ... hematuria, RBC casts ... differential #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Guidelines for Crises ... hospital fire emergency ... Consider inhalational injury ... depending on degree of injury ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
#POCUS of the posterior lung bases in a (#covid19 negative) patient with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
posterior lung bases ... severe idiopathic pulmonary ... syndrome) #LUS #ultrasound ... #EM #emergency ... #lung #pulmonary
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
OBSTRUCTION EMERGENCY ... This can cause life-threatening ... Surgical management ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Septic Emboli Cause ... Injury By: • Early ... Treat underlying cause ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... solitary and multiple pulmonary ... Exclude other causes ... pneumonia - Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management