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High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
High Central Neuraxial ... in sequence – hypotension ... • Hypotension ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Signs: hypotension ... possible • If central ... #Anesthesiology ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
therapies to treat hypotension ... Anaesthetic #Toxicity #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #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 ... ); circulatory embolus ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Hypotension - Guidelines ... Anaesthesia Hypotension ... pressure can cause hypotension ... anaesthesia #Hypotension ... #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
abnormalities (hypo- or hypertension ... Have a high index ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
bradycardia OR severe hypotension ... Also consider: high ... pneumoperitoneum; local ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup #Cardiology
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... delegate task of evaluating ... tone Drug error Local ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup