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Hypotension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Hypotension in Anesthesiology ... - Check other vital ... signs (heart rate ... loss / venous compression ... #Hypotensive #Anesthesiology
Kussmaul's Sign on Physical Exam

What’s the diagnosis?
Severe biventeicular failure with + Kussmaul sign! NICM. No constriction!

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Kussmaul's Sign ... biventeicular failure ... with + Kussmaul sign ... and other rarer causes ... #physicalexam #
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... Guidelines for Crises ... anaesthesia. ❺ Check ... have failed. ❻ Check ... #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Guidelines for Crises ... hypercarbia as causes ... syndrome) • Medical causes ... interaction, renal failure ... #Hypertension #Anesthesiology
Kussmaul's sign in Constrictive Pericarditis 

A 50-year-old woman with a remote history of mediastinal lymphoma (age
Kussmaul's sign ... Kussmaul's sign ... Causes = RV failure ... pericarditis (this case ... #PhysicalExam #
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
The probable cause ... surgery; equipment failure ... and treat the cause ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... #Differential #Anesthesiology
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Guidelines for Crises ... relieve aorto-caval compression ... Consider other causes ... that may mimic signs ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... is unconscious, signs ... especially in heart failure ... Guidelines for crises ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology
A 70-year-old woman attends a check-up with a family doctor. As a background, he has a
woman attends a check-up ... the Trousseau sign ... skeletal muscles to cause ... #Trousseau #Sign ... #PhysicalExam
Transverse lines of the fingernails. (A) Beau’s lines (arrows) of the thumbnail. (B) Mees’ lines (arrowheads)
the nails can be caused ... are a typical sign ... paired white lines caused ... fade with digital compression ... Ridges #Clinical #PhysicalExam