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Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... include chest pain ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Fascia Iliaca Regional Nerve Block

Regional nerve 
blockade for early 
analgesic 
management of 
elderly patients 
with hip
Regional Nerve Block ... analgesic management ... Iliaca #Regional #NerveBlock ... #Anesthesia #Local ... #Pain #Management
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... /ischemic insult ... sided IE: heart block ... lesions, heart block ... #management #cardiology
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Central Neuraxial Block ... • Embolism. ... Central #Neuraxial #Block ... #Intraoperative ... #Management #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
effects of neuraxial block ... : o Cardiac ischaemia ... #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
from CHF, Chest Pain ... • ECG: Bad block ... Ischemia? ... #bradycardia #diagnosis ... #differential #management
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... /ischemic insult ... sided IE: Heart block ... lesions, heart block
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

Symptoms:
• Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
intolerance, chest pain ... Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... bundle branch block ... Fibrillation #AFib #diagnosis ... #management #cardiology
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
help AND check arterial ... o Circulatory embolus ... #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Acute and Critical Limb Ischemia
Critical Limb Ischemia (CLI):
 • Severe form of PAD that includes limb
includes limb pain ... broadly divided into embolism ... • Abrupt pain ... coldness of LE, & paresthesia ... #diagnosis #management