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Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
in Anaesthesia ... should identify any cause ... Airway • Check position ... levelling patient position ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Airway • Check position ... Feel the airway pressure ... intrathoracic pressure ... recheck blood pressure ... intrathoracic pressure
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Recheck blood pressure ... Airway • Check position ... hypercarbia as causes ... Feel the airway pressure ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Guidelines for Crises ... Airway • Check position ... Consider known drug causes ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
APRV - Overview 

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) uses prolonged periods of high continuous positive airway
Overview Airway pressure ... ventilation (APRV) uses ... high continuous positive ... airway pressures ... brief episodes of pressure
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
in Anaesthesia ... Caused by an accumulation ... • Call for ultrasound ... of underlying cause ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Non-Invasive Positive ... Pressure Ventilation ... mortality), Other causes ... CPAP - Continuous positive ... #NonInvasive #Positive
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
Guidelines for Crises ... rhythm and blood pressure ... Airway • Check position ... Feel the airway pressure ... recheck blood pressure
Positive Lachman test in ACL Injury

Here is an exam of a patient under anesthesia with an
Positive Lachman ... patient under anesthesia ... That causes the ... #Knee #Injury #Positive
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... in Anaesthesia ... pulse and blood pressure ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia