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Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... pressure as a cause ... DON’T FORGET! ... o Endocrine cause ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Inhaled Foreign Body Management

Abdominal thrusts using the Heimlich 
manoeuvre in older children to expel an inhaled
Inhaled Foreign Body Management ... One hand is formed ... as they may cause ... #ForeignBody #Management
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Methanol
Solvent found in cleaning and printing solutions, adhesives, stains, paint removers,
antifreeze agent in
Metabolite (eg. formic ... acid) causes toxicity ... , but does NOT cause ... #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Atrial Fibrillation - Initial Options for Rate Control
Diltiazem IV
 •  Rapid onset and rapidly
titratable • NO oral form ... IV bolus can cause ... • Does not cause ... #pharmacology #management
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
10% of all lupus cases ... : Usually mild forms ... Discontinuation of causal ... Usual therapeutic management ... rheumatology #diagnosis #management
Chagas Disease - American Trypanosomiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Chagas disease (American trypanosomiasis) is an infectious
Diagnosis and Management ... infectious disease caused ... Indeterminate form ... Determinate forms ... Trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus
1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the Glucose)
2. Airway:
and Don't Ever Forget ... for reversible cause ... Treatment #Algorithm #Management
Emergency Treatment Algorithm for Convulsive Status Epilepticus 
 1. ABCDEFG (ABC's and Don't Ever Forget the
and Don't Ever Forget ... for reversible cause ... ADVANCED AIRWAY MANAGEMENT ... Algorithm #Convulsive #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• A form of acute ... Prolactin (cleaved form ... other high-output causes ... Rule out other causes ... recognition and management
Drugs Causing Acute Pancreatitis

Class Ia: The medications in which there was a rechallenge and other causes
rechallenge and other causes ... out other common causes ... Class II: Cases ... association in form ... #Pancreatitis #Causes