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Perioperative Management of DOACs
Problem:
 ✖ Each year approximately 250,000 patients on chronic anticoagulation in North America
Perioperative Management ... invasive or surgical procedure ... ✔ Assess patient-specific ... and procedural ... Perioperative #Management
Complex Perianal Fistulas and Crohn's Disease - Management Algorithm
Factors for Operative Strategy
  • Fistula Classification
Crohn's Disease - Management ... Involvement • Active Abscess ... Proctitis Horseshoe Abscess ... Modified Hanley Procedure ... success (22.5%) Patient
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Emergency Management ... Hyperkalemia in Adults Assess ... Patient - Airway ... Disability Exposure (ABCDE ... #Hyperkalemia #management
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... Consent o Position Patient ... Tray o Chest tube ... ChestTube #Checklist #Procedure ... #Management #CriticalCare
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Capnograph PLAN o Assess ... INDUCTION o Position patient ... POST INTUBATION MANAGEMENT ... criticalcare #airway #management ... #procedure
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
Procedure • Most ... BiPÅP with a two-tube ... PEEP valve) on patient's ... Post-procedure ... Checklist #SARSCoV2 #Management
Pediatric Trauma Primary Survey: C-ABCDE
C - Catastrophic Bleeding - Life-threatening hemorrhage
 • Apply direct pressure/compression bandage
Primary Survey: C-ABCDE ... expose neck to assess ... any intubated patient ... Primary #Survey #CABCDE ... #management
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... Front of Neck Access ... Check that the patient ... D). ⓫ Secure tube ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
question based on patient ... & Specificity Assess ... #Stewardship #ultrasound ... #management #diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
with tracheal tube ... pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... Plan definitive management ... transfer of the patient ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management