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Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
•
sleep apnea • General ... health • > 70 year ... nutritional status Intraoperative ... thoracic surgery • General ... • Poor pain control
Past-Year Serious Mental Illness among Adults #Epidemiology #PublicHealth #SMI #SeriousMentalIllness #Gender #Ethnicity #Age #NEJM
Past-Year Serious ... Mental Illness ... Ethnicity #Age #NEJM
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
Intraoperative Sepsis ... inform theatre team ... steps. ❽ Insert central ... Discuss ongoing management ... intensive care team
Lymphangitis on the Abdomen - Examination revealed a warm, indurated plaque with extension toward her left
A 43-year-old man ... plaque with small central ... Lymphangitis #Abdominal #NEJM
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
- A trauma team ... multidisciplinary team ... to guide early management ... - The team leader ... resuscitation to control
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
Intraoperative Massive ... inform theatre team ... intravenous access. ❹ Control ... equipment. ❽ Discuss management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope ... Rate Control • ... Rhythm Control ... Fibrillation #Cardiology #Management
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
alteration in mental ... immediate clinical team ... emulsion (Box A). ❼ Control ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
An important part of an anesthesiologist's job is obviously to ensure patient stability during a procedure,
Pictured is a general ... anesthesiology #management ... #preoperative #intraoperative
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Intraoperative Circulatory ... mainstay of initial management ... mainstay of initial management ... possible • If central ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative