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Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Airway • Check position ... consider: o Cardiac ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Cardiac ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Call for cardiac ... • Diagnostic ... #Tamponade #Anesthesiology
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute ... failure - Acute pressure ... impairment - Cardiac ... #Differential #Causes ... #Diagnosis #Cardiology
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... Airway • Check position ... levelling patient position ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Non-Invasive Positive ... mortality), Other causes ... CPAP - Continuous positive ... #NonInvasive #Positive ... #diagnosis #management
Ocular Ultrasound Pocketcard
Painless Vision Loss
 • Retinal Detachment 
 • Posterior Vitreous Detachment 
 • Vitreous
Ocular Ultrasound ... Elevated Intracranial Pressure ... Pocus101 #Ocular #Ultrasound ... #differential #diagnosis ... #radiology #ophthalmology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cardiogenic (Intra-cardiac ... → tension PTX, cardiac ... findings based on cause ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... Guidelines for Crises ... arterial blood pressure ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
- Differential Diagnosis ... Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... significantly positive ... Pathophysiology #causes
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... Post-Hepatic: • Cardiac ... causes including ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #causes #hepatology