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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
(JVP, edema), Lung ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... STAT CXR, CTA Chest ... #treatment #criticalcare
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Interstitial lung ... Abnormalities • Chest ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Intraoperative Bronchospasm ... Fully expose the chest ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... consider → 2-2 Hypoxia ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
ARDS: Clinical Cheat ... , inflammatory lung ... congestion with hypoxemia ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Intraoperative Hypoxia ... , 12-lead ECG, chest ... • Asymmetrical chest ... Anesthesiology #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
priority is to start chest ... 4 H’s, 4 T’s: Hypoxia ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Intraoperative Hypertension ... Breathing - exclude hypoxia ... : • Check chest ... alfentanil can be diagnostic ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... Loss of weight • Chest ... in the adjacent lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Intraoperative Circulatory ... in Anaesthesia Causes ... , tachycardia, hypoxemia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Breathing • Check chest ... Consider potential causes ... , 12-lead ECG, chest ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis