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Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Signs of severe ... collapse: sinus bradycardia ... ensure adequate lung ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... Excessive insulation, high ... crisis (late sign ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... OR severe hypotension ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup ... #Cardiology
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
• Give i.v. fluid ... that may mimic signs ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... , tachy- or bradycardia ... Have a high index ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... rise is a late sign ... #Crisis #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
alternatively a reflex to hypotension ... remember to tailor treatment ... -1); malignant hyperthermia ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
in Anaesthesia ... Signs: hypotension ... Embolism #VTE #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
tachycardia or bradycardia ... of more of the signs ... #Anaphylaxis #Anesthesiology ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup