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Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... hypertension, tachy- or bradycardia ... consultation with cardiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
production to cause ... Contraindications: - Bradycardia ... arrythmias Diagnostics: EKG ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
 •
Cardiac Disease ... • Myocardial ischemia ... syndrome • Post cardiac ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #cardiology #BRADI
EKG in Acute Pulmonary Embolism
The sensitivity and specificity for EKG findings in acute PE are low.
EKG
findings in acute PE ... evaluating for other causes ... of cardio-pulmonary ... leads) RV Ischemia ... AcutePE #diagnosis #cardiology
Extent of Myocardial Ischemia on Positron Emission Tomography and Survival Benefit With Early Revascularization

1. In this
patients undergoing PET ... myocardial perfusion ... improved overall and cardiac ... No works may be ... VisualAbstract #cardiology
Hyperkalemia - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

S/Sx: Most pts asymptomatic. Weakness, cramping, nausea, paresthesias, palpitations,
/crush injury, ischemia ... reabsorption) Workup ... → sine wave → PEA ... only if no clear cause ... line, stabilizes cardiac
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis 
 • Cardiac disease: Myocardial ischemia / infarction, Myocarditis, Congenital disorders, Cardiomyopathies,
Bradycardia - Differential ... Diagnosis • Cardiac ... disease: Myocardial ischemia ... Physiological causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #cardiology
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
rate, rhythm, perfusion ... Consider known drug causes ... (eg. remifentanil ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup #Cardiology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
rate, rhythm, perfusion ... consider: o Cardiac ... ischaemia → 3-12 ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
tachycardia or bradycardia ... • Unexpected cardiac ... alternate vasopressor (e.g ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup