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Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
ENT, ICU). ❹ Call ... trolley and then cardiac ... neuromuscular blocking drug ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
reminders about drugs ... : Vagal tone Drug ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Differential # ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Important culprits: antibiotics ... immediately. ❼ Give drugs ... annotate notes/drug ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
anaphylaxis (→ 3-1) Drug ... #Hyperthermia #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
neuromuscular blocking drugs ... antiepileptic drugs ... ❾ Plan further management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
anticholinergic drug ... could have made a drug ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... • Inotropic drugs ... Plan definitive management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
• Consider drug ... hypovolaemia; primary cardiac ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Considerations for progression of disease while on antimicrobial therapy:
 - Source Control?
 - Wrong bug?
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- Wrong drug? ... antimicrobial #antibiotics ... #checklist #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Antibiotics #Antimicrobials
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Phos), CBC with differential ... Drugs to avoid ( ... main ones) - Antibiotics ... #Management #CriticalCare