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Hypoxia and Hypoxemia - Overview
Hypoxia - insufficient oxygen delivered to tissues to meet demands
Hypoxemia - low
- insufficient oxygen ... Hypoxemia - low oxygen ... SaO2 - percent saturation ... hypoxia (e.g low cardiac ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
problem in adequate oxygen ... ❶ Adequate oxygen ... AND give 100% oxygen ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Wellens' Syndrome on ECG

A 66-year-old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia presents after an episode of severe
while walking to work ... 85, RR 18, and oxygen ... saturation 99%. ... Electrocardiogram #Clinical #Cardiology
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Checklist for the ... • Evaluate for causes ... Hypertension #PH #Checklist ... Echocardiography #diagnosis #cardiology ... #echocardiogram
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
). ❷ Adequate oxygen ... flow, give 100% oxygen ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... . ❸ Give 100% oxygen ... • Call for cardiac ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Right Heart Catheterization Cheat Sheet: Interpretation of Pressures and Waveforms 
Direct measurements
 ● Central venous pressure
pressure (PCWP) ● Cardiac ... oxyhemoglobin saturation ... PCWP]/CO) ● Cardiac ... Hb x SaO2) ● Oxygen ... CheatSheet #Waveforms #Cardiology
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6th ED
ICU-card
«ICU, Formulas & Drugs»
HEMODYNAMIC PATTERNS
Condition
SAP
CVP

PAP PCWP

CO C(a-v)02 PVR

SVR
Hypovolemic shock
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↓
↓
↓
↓
↑
↑
↑
Cardiogenic shock
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1
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1

1
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Septic shock
↓
↓
↓
↓
↑
↓
↓
↓
Cardiac Tamponade
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↑
1
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RV
WORK LCWI 3.4 ... Work Index, Left ... Work Index, Right ... Saturation mmHg ... mixed venous O2 Saturation
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
• Unexpected cardiac ... as a possible cause ... . ❹ Give 100% oxygen ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
failing as a pump; cardiac ... metabolic demand for oxygen ... CHF also causes ... designed to increase cardiac ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology