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How to Determine a Contaminant vs True Infection 

What is the organism? Most 
common contaminants:
#Contaminant #Contamination ... #Diagnosis #BCx
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
anticholinergic drug (Box ... giving vasopressor (Box ... (Box D) – discuss ... team. ❼ Consider causes ... in Box E and call
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... and atleast4 case ... #Pancreatitis #Causes
Guide to Interpretation of Positive Blood Cultures

I arrange the potential Gram stain results that one can
Number of positive cx ... abx, obtain more cx ... shaped GPR, these clues ... BloodCultures #BCx ... #Contaminant #Contamination
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery related cause ... (<3 breaths) (Box ... and actions (Box ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Consider potential causes
Open Fractures: Mechanisms, Clinical Features and Complications
Gustilo-Anderson Classification:
 • Type I
   - Wound <
Possible tissue contamination ... - Extensive contamination
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
arrest where other causes ... treat hypotension (Box ... resuscitation (Box ... when feasible (Box ... Note tasks in Box
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
Guidelines for Crises ... likely underlying cause ... least 30 ml.kg-1 (Box ... A, Box B) ... devices could have caused
Differential Diagnosis for a Prolonged PT and aPTT
If the PT and the aPTT are both prolonged,
Causes include : ... Pre-analytical cause ... (e.g. heparin contamination ... aPTT #Prolonged #Causes
Causes of Erythema Nodosum - Mnemonic

NO cause found in 60% of cases
Drugs (antibiotics e.g., sulfonamides, amoxicillin)
Oral
Causes of Erythema ... Mnemonic NO cause ... found in 60% of cases ... Nodosum #Mnemonic #Causes