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Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
of a difficult airway ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management
Neonatal Resuscitation - Airway and Breathing
Airway
 • Opened by placing the infants's head in a neutral
pressure-limited circuit (e.g ... infants to expand lungs ... ensure adequate chest ... #Breathing #Management ... #peds #pediatrics
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Breathing • Check chest ... adult, 10 ml.kg-1 paediatric ... analgesia (consider risk ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... symptoms may include chest ... pre-existing history or risk ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Neonate

WHY CPAP? 
• Maintain airway patency 
• Helps avoid alveoli
wall • Improves lung ... auscultate for signs ... CPAP #Neonate #Management ... #ABCs #ABCDE #Peds ... #Pediatrics