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Internal Thoracic Artery Bleeding and Harvest

By Michel Pompeu Sá, MD @M_Pompeu_Sa_MD via @CardioSurgPost

#ITA #Thoracic #Artery #Bleed
Internal Thoracic ... Artery Bleeding and Harvest ... Artery #Bleed #Harvest ... #thoracic #CABG ... #clinical #intraoperative
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
Causes of Cardiac Arrest ... Thromboembolism (Pulmonary ... Mnemonic #Cardiac #Arrest ... diagnosis #acls #checklist
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
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Post-operative Pulmonary ... nutritional status Intraoperative ... Upper abdominal / thoracic ... #RiskFactors #pulmonary
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Call for cardiac arrest ... If circulatory arrest ... By Association of ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest Management
"Not dead until 32° and dead"
1) Start ACLS + Rewarming
2) Should this code
Hypothermic Cardiac Arrest ... Irrigation (1°/hr) 7) Thoracic ... Hypothermic #Cardiac #Arrest ... management #treatment #checklist
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis ... Unexpected cardiac arrest ... Call for cardiac arrest ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... Call for cardiac arrest ... By Association of ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... (→ 3-2) By Association ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
and then cardiac arrest ... By Association of ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
Intraoperative Massive ... By Association of ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis