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Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Guidelines for Crises ... Consider thrombolysis e.g ... over 2 h (>65 kg ... desaturation, confusion ... Guidelines for crises
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis ... oral secretions (e.g ... (vital signs, clinical ... #Myasthenic #Crisis ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Guidelines for Crises ... iatrogenic causes, e.g ... pericardiocentesis kit (eg ... a small volume may ... Guidelines for crises
Scleroderma Renal Crisis (SRC)

Clinical Presentation of Scleroderma Renal Crisis:
1) Acute kidney injury
2) Abrupt onset of hypertension
3)
(SRC) Clinical ... is unknown but may ... other pathology (e.g ... (short-acting, e.g ... #rheumatology #
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Fever is the main clinical ... underlying disease (eg ... • Infection (eg ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Ventricular tachycardia (V-tach or VT) is a type of regular and fast heart rate that arises
heart rate that arises ... a few seconds may ... Short periods may ... #Clinical #MedStudent ... #Cardiology #EKG
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
Diagnosis: • Based on clinical ... serologic, and EMG ... characteristic EMG ... in myasthenic crisis ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Guidelines for Crises ... alternate vasopressor (e.g ... an appropriate critical ... Guidelines for crises ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
Diagnosis = clinical ... not be subtle e.g ... E.g. 80 yo ESR cutoff ... them, but urgent rheumatology ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Purpose: We sought to develop a patient decision aid to promote shared decision-making for patients who
Explanation of future risks ... natural frequency (e.g ... At the end of the ... Conclusion: Using ... #Management #PatientInfo