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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... necessary → 4-3 ❸ Get ... supply, duration of surgery ... Consider stopping surgery ... Consider continuing surgery
The management of hypoxia in a patient undergoing a procedure has a variety of etiologies, but
recognize the cause ... have a general treatment ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #treatment ... anesthesiology #anesthesia
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery if possible ... • Consider surgery ... analgesia. ❻ If not ... If laparoscopic surgery ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Infographic depicting the main pearls of various types of congenital adrenal hyperplasia for the medical student.
#CAH #algorithm ... #causes #pediatrics ... CongenitalAdrenalHyperplasia #diagnosis #comparison ... #treatment #Peds
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... surgery if possible ... help if problem not ... o Endocrine cause ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
arrest where other causes ... non-essential surgery ... trolley, anaphylaxis treatment ... require prolonged treatment ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
likely underlying cause ... If patient is not ... proceed to the next ... abandon or limit surgery ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia ... cardiothoracic surgery ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... in anaesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Causes of Thrombocytosis ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Damage: • Post-op surgery ... effect following treatment ... #Causes #Hematology
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
The probable cause ... something related to surgery ... the reason for surgery ... compressions, then get ... and treat the cause