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Toluene Poisoning - Diagnosis and Management Summary
What is it?  Volatile hydrocarbon, Glue or paint-sniffing, Occupational
and Management ... lipid-soluble, Toxicity ... Toluene #Poisoning #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... - Diagnosis and ... seems like DKA, sepsis ... #Toxicology #diagnosis ... #management #Treatment
Lithium Toxicity
- Lithium neurotoxicity does not correlate with serum lithium levels; it depends on the concentration
Lithium Toxicity ... concentration in the CNS ... is important in management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #Toxicology
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
remember to tailor treatment ... local anaesthetic toxicity ... (→ 3-10); sepsis ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
to days after surgery ... starting amiodarone treatment ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... macrophages Treatment ... #management #Toxicology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Eclampsia, Infection/Sepsis ... narrowing on MRA/CTA ... Medication/Drug toxicity ... epilepticus Treatment ... #management #neurology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
delivery • Pause surgery ... Local anaesthetic toxicity ... → 3-10 o Sepsis ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Intraoperative Hypoxia ... delivery • Pause surgery ... tamponade → 3-9 o Sepsis ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Management