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Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
DISEASE • HEART FAILURE ... SYPATHOMIMETICS • CARDIAC ... DRUG WITHDRAWAL SYSTEMIC ... PULMONARY DISEASE • HYPOXIA ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
calcium. ❽ Treat anaemia ... especially in heart failure ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
perform a rapid systematic ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... consider → 2-2 Hypoxia ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
, tachycardia, hypoxemia ... unexplained loss of cardiac ... Embolism #VTE #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... 4 H’s, 4 T’s: Hypoxia ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
) → 3-12 o Cardiac ... #Cyanosis #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Management ... #Workup #anesthesia
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
entire breathing system ... Breathing - exclude hypoxia ... interaction, renal failure ... #Hypertension #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
Shock, Severe Anemia ... , Cardiac Arrest ... , Severe Hypoxemia ... Beta-Agonists, ↑ work ... Impaired Clearance: Systemic
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
New-onset Heart Failure ... Vascular: • Systemic ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... gallolyticus, clostridium ... symptomatic heart failure
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... System • Increased ... perfusion - Cardiac ... - Low cardiac ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia