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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
If failed → 4-1 ... Electricity #Failure #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
anaphylaxis suspected → 3- ... 1 ❽ If airway soiling ... #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Hypertension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
and Management ... Initial checklist ... Nitroglycerine — 0.1 - 2 ... Nitroprusside — 0.1 - 3 ... #Management #Checklist
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
and APL valve <3 ... 1); malignant hyperthermia ... #Tachycardia #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
Discuss ongoing management ... #Sepsis #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
1) Drug induced ... Differential #Causes #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
and non-sinus → 2- ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
then 90 mg over 2 ... Embolism #VTE #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... use technique in Box ... Intubation #Difficult #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
compressions 100 min-1, ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup