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Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
check measured FiO2 ... Confirm airway device ... whether airway device ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
check measured FiO2 ... Confirm airway device ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Management #Workup
Oxygen Delivery Systems
Nasal Cannula:
 • Flow: 1 - 6 L/min
 • FiO2: 25 - 40% (-4%/L
- 6 L/min • FiO2 ... - 10 L/min • FiO2 ... : 40 - 60% Device ... respiratory #support #devices ... #management #pulmonary
Mask Oxygen Delivery Devices

Simple Mask aka Hudson's Mask:
 • Flow 6-10 LPM
 • FiO2 35-50%
Face Tent:
Oxygen Delivery Devices ... Flow 6-10 LPM • FiO2 ... A venturi mask uses ... Oxygen #Delivery #Devices ... #management #pulmonary
Oxygen Delivery by Device

Nasal Cannula 
• Indicated for low-flow, low-percentage supplemental oxygen. 
• Flow rate of
Oxygen Delivery by Device ... retention of exhaled gases ... • Uses either ... #Pulmonary #Equipment ... #Devices #Management
Oxygen Delivery Devices - Comparison
Low Flow:
 • Nasal cannula (1-6L, 24-40% FiO2)
 • Face mask (5-10L,
Oxygen Delivery Devices ... (1-6L, 24-40% FiO2 ... (5-10L, 35-60% FiO2 ... Oxygen #Delivery #Devices ... Comparison #table #pulmonary
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
maintained fever CAUSES ... external warming devices ... ) • Surgical devices ... of a urological device ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
consistent with pulmonary ... lung collapse, or pulmonary ... the hypoxemia defines ... mm Hg < PaO2 / FiO2 ... mm Hg < PaO2 / FiO2
Nasal Oxygen Delivery Devices
Nasal cannula can be used to deliver supplemental O2. Conventional nasal cannula are
Oxygen Delivery Devices ... rates & moderate FiO2 ... achieving a higher FiO2 ... Oxygen #Delivery #Devices ... #management #pulmonary
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... check measured FiO2 ... position of airway device ... airway AND airway device ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup