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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Mains Electricity Failure ... Guidelines for Crises ... until patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Guidelines for Crises ... odour, flash, flame ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
surgery; equipment failure ... spontaneous circulation, re-establish ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
arrest where other causes ... as a possible cause ... as patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... patients with a pre-existing ... especially in heart failure ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
or accidental injection ... • Symptoms are ... Consider other causes ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
mixed GH & PRL) ... Diagnosis and Workup ... suppression test → ⨁ if failure ... Transsphenoidal surgical resection ... or refractory cases
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart Failure ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #foamed #heartfailure
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
poorly formed or ... don’t work properly ... caused by bleeding ... • Bone Marrow Failure ... Workup: • Complete
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
This becomes a flawed ... typically able ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #criticalcare #foamed