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Candidemia Workup and Management - IDSA Guidelines
1) Antibiotics
 • Empiric: Echinocandins (e.g. micafungin) for most patients
Candidemia Workup ... and Management ... involvement • Cardiac ... Consider: Spine, CNS ... #candidiasis #treatment
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
unexplained loss of cardiac ... removal – consult vascular ... Embolus #Embolism #VTE ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Workup
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
disease • Cardiac ... surgery/catheterization ... • Thoracic ... deficit • Shock Treatment ... #vascular
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
exam Determine Cardiac ... • <3mo since VTE ... upper abdominal/thoracic ... postoperative cardiac ... medical and surgical management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
cardiothoracic surgery ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
and diplopia) • Vascular ... sinus thrombosis, VTE ... ) • Cardiac Disease ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
delivery • Pause surgery ... valvular problem ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
non-essential surgery ... trolley, anaphylaxis treatment ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
abandon or finish surgery ... dantrolene and cardiac ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
or dilated) • Valvular ... • Minority of Pts ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... follow-up with Cardio-OB ... #cardiology #treatment