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Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia ... Treat haemodynamic instability ... consider need for anticoagulation ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Atrial Fibrillation (A-Fib) Summary

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

Why?
Cardiac:
	• Valvular heart
Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... (< 5% pts with afibb ... Hemodynamic instability ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #diagnosis #management
Anticoagulant Therapy after PCI (patients with AFib)
Dual-Therapy Preferred:
 • Triple therapy = increased bleeding
Therapy after PCI ... (patients with AFib ... risk outweighed ischemic ... Triple #therapy #anticoagulation ... #management #cardiology
Management of Jehovah's Witness patient in ICU 

Clarify which products may be used 
 - Discuss
Management of Jehovah's ... pts will accept PCC ... - When anticoagulation ... twitter.com/PulmCrit #Checklist ... #CriticalCare #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
history of: a) Ischemic ... Anticoagulation ... Recent PCI/stenting ... since elective PCI ... medical and surgical management
Management of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor (ICI) Induced Cardiotoxicity
Problem - Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are associated with
Management of Immune ... conditions including ischemia ... decompensation, hemodynamic instability ... interventions MANAGEMENT ... heart failure management