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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... equipment (Box C) ... Consider stopping surgery ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery if possible ... breathing system (Box C) ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Airway #Pressure #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
•
Post-operative Pulmonary ... abdominal / thoracic surgery ... • General anesthesia ... #RiskFactors #pulmonary ... #surgery #causes
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
prolonged or ≥ 39 C ... maintained fever CAUSES ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... #Anesthesia #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
surgery if possible ... vasopressor (Box C) ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Differential including the common malignant etiologies of palpable breast masses. 

#Differential; #Surgery; #Breastmasses; #Breastcancer; #Malignantbreastmass

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Differential including ... #Differential; # ... Surgery; #Breastmasses ... Source:De Virgilio, C. ... Surgery: A case
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
hypercarbia as causes ... temporising drug (Box C) ... diagnostic – see Box C ... administered by surgeon ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
something related to surgery ... the reason for surgery ... See Boxes B and C ... CardiacArrest #Checklist #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
The most common etiologies of small bowel obstruction, and the key distinguishing features of each cause.
features of each cause ... #Differential; # ... Surgery; #SmallBowelObstruction ... : De Virgilio, C. ... Surgery: A case
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Guidelines for Crises ... the laryngeal anatomy ... technique in Box C ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup