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Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... Airway • Check position ... Consider potential causes ... levelling patient position ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
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 ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Intraoperative ... Guidelines for Crises ... Airway • Check position ... Consider known drug causes ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Intraoperative Hypertension ... Recheck blood pressure ... Airway • Check position ... Feel the airway pressure ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Normal hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound tracing
1) a large antegrade waveform (negative velocity) noted during early and
hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound ... caused by the increase ... retrograde wave (positive ... This wave is caused ... hepaticvein #Doppler #Ultrasound
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
Intraoperative Tachycardia ... Guidelines for Crises ... rhythm and blood pressure ... Airway • Check position ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Kussmaul's Sign - Differential Diagnosis

Typically the JVP decreases with inspiration as the negative intrathoracic pressure "sucks
intrathoracic pressure ... and increased RA pressure ... where we may see a positive ... Kussmauls #Sign #physicalexam ... #differential #causes
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
The probable cause ... and treat the cause ... Airway • Check position ... Evaluate the airway pressure ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Intraoperative Hypoxia ... Airway • Check position ... Feel the airway pressure ... recheck blood pressure ... Anesthesiology #Intraoperative
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest Wall Physical Examination

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside
Pulmonary teaching case ... intra-thoracic pressure ... With expiration, positive ... intra-thoracic pressure ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #PhysicalExam