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Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
- Guidelines for ... of problem. ❸ Call ... ensure adequate lung ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Call for help ... bell / senior on-call ... Local anaesthetic toxicity ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Call for help ... over-vigorous attempts at lung ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Airway Pressure - Guidelines ... not resolving, call ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Hypotension - Guidelines ... in Box E and call ... Local anaesthetic toxicity ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Better call hematology ... , this list is long ... about secondary causes ... #workup #hematology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... • Amiodarone half ... Exclude other causes ... #Toxicity #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Neuraxial Block - Guidelines ... situation permits. ❷ Call ... Local anaesthetic toxicity ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Bradycardia - Guidelines ... problem (Box C). ❽ Call ... local anaesthetic toxicity ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup #Cardiology
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines ... other, more common causes ... hyperventilate lungs ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup