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Hypotension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Diagnosis and Management ... Verify BP (e.g. surgeon ... leaning on cuff ... other vital signs (heart ... compression) Initial treatment
Hypertension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Diagnosis and Management ... Verify BP (e.g. surgeon ... leaning on cuff ... other vital signs (heart ... vaporizer) Initial treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
circulation and its ... (Sepsis, Shock, ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
Aortic Dissection Pearls
Aortic dissection is caused by a tear in the tunica intima, the innermost layer
• Cardiac surgery ... Pulse deficit/differential ... deficit • Shock Treatment ... opiates • Control heart ... Dissection #diagnosis #management
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... • Excessive heat ... anaesthesia • Sepsis ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
delivery • Pause surgery ... • If heart rate ... toxicity → 3-10 o Sepsis ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
circulation and its ... (Sepsis, Shock, ... Consider Sepsis, ... #diagnosis #management ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
• Consider surgery ... be replaced or its ... Circulation • Check heart ... Airway #Pressure #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
nervous system (CNS ... purpuric rash) • Heart ... brucellosis) • Sepsis ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... urine, sweat) - its ... shock/hypoxemia/Sepsis ... regional ischemia, surgery ... syndrome - Sepsis