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Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
and positioning (e.g ... Endocrine cause (eg ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... • Call for cardiac ... • Check ECG rhythm ... CardiacArrest #Checklist #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
• Unexpected cardiac ... surgery. ❷ Call for cardiac ... alternate vasopressor (e.g ... as patient is stable ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... - Infectious workup ... oral secretions (e.g ... subjective dyspnea, etc ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... exam Determine Cardiac ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... Risk #Evaluation #stratification
Bleeding Risk for Various Invasive/Surgical Procedures
Low Risk:
 • Dental extractions (1 or 2 teeth), endodontic (root
spinal or epidural) anesthesia ... or spinal) • Cardiac ... surgery (e.g. ... Perioperative #Procedures #Table ... #Stratification
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness - Differential ... Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac ... , pulmonary etc) ... dystrophies Work ... electromyographic (EMG
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
ECG is vital while ... Cardiac cath if ... #diagnosis #differential ... cardiology #treatment #table ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
This infographic provides a mnemonic tool called “WOBBLER” for assessing an ECG (electrocardiogram) in cases of
for assessing an ECG ... risk of sudden cardiac ... • Risk stratification ... risk for sudden cardiac ... #cardiology #differential