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Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Peri-operative Hyperthermia ... prolonged or ≥ 39 C ... OF HYPERTHERMIA ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Approach to the Hypotensive Patient - Differential Diagnosis Framework for Hypotension

Blood Pressure = Heart Rate x
Patient - Differential ... Resistance Bradycardia ... depletion • Pulmonary ... #hypotensive #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
OR severe hypotension ... underlying problem (Box C) ... Consider known drug causes ... hyperkalaemia, hypothermia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... Hypotension ... vasopressor (Box C) ... Differential #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
, tachy- or bradycardia ... trinitrate (GTN) (Box C) ... the patient is hypotensive ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
tachycardia or bradycardia ... chlorhexidine as cause ... as a possible cause ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
and bradycardia ... • Bradycardia ... Consider other causes ... including (Box C) ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
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 ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Bradycardia - Differential ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Environmental: • Hypothermia ... #differential # ... diagnosis #causes
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
alternatively a reflex to hypotension ... complex AND not hypotensive ... rate control (Box C) ... -1); malignant hyperthermia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup