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Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
maintained fever CAUSES ... • Serotonin syndrome ... brain injury By Association ... #Differential #Causes ... #Anesthesiology
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... Guidelines for Crises ... By Association of ... #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
 •
spine L1-L5 Symptoms ... so-called ‘red flag’ symptoms ... • S - Saddle anesthesia ... - Emergency Causes ... cord • Guillain-Barre
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... paralysis of all extremity ... Albuminocytologic dissociation ... #Syndrome #diagnosis
Upper Extremity Dermatomes and Myotomes
Motor Function
Shoulder:
 • Abduction - C5,C6 (axillary)
 • Adduction - C6, C7,
Upper Extremity ... Carpal Tunnel Syndrome ... Anterior Shoulder Dislocation ... regimental badge" anesthesia ... #UpperLimb #Extremity
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
hypercarbia as causes ... overload / TURP syndrome ... interaction, renal failure ... phaeochromocytoma By Association ... #Hypertension #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is conscious, symptoms ... especially in heart failure ... By Association of ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Causes: thrombus ... decreased ETCO2 Symptoms ... may help By Association ... Embolism #VTE #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... Incidence: 1 to 2 cases ... paralysis of all extremity ... albuminocytologic dissociation ... than one after symptom
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Symptoms are ... mimic signs and symptoms ... By Association of ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative