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Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
obstructing the airway ... over-vigorous attempts at lung ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... mortality BPAP - Bi-Level ... Positive Airway ... status • Won't Work ... #criticalcare #management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
• Check airway ... adult, 10 ml.kg-1 paediatric ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... - Infectious workup ... or TSH level if ... #Management #CriticalCare
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Diagnosis and Management ... active ROM +/- fever ... viral arthritis Workup ... 90% sensitive in pediatrics ... MH/CCF/CWRU EM
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
6th decades of life ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... inflammatory debris-small airways ... other processes Workup ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
ensure adequate lung ... • Maintain the airway ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
healthy 12mo-old w/ fever ... Linear & phased array ... viewing the lung ... ABx & dc if no significant ... #ultrasound #pediatrics
Patients with CHD are exceptionally sensitive to the effects of bronchiolitis on their volume status
Four principles
blood flow to the lungs ... Anxiolysis to improve work ... it most, even if ... #Management #Peds ... #Pediatrics #CHD
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Neonate

WHY CPAP? 
• Maintain airway patency 
• Helps avoid alveoli
• Maintain airway ... wall • Improves lung ... resistance • Improves work ... CPAP #Neonate #Management ... #ABCDE #Peds #Pediatrics