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APRV - Overview 

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) uses prolonged periods of high continuous positive airway
ventilation (APRV) uses ... high continuous positive ... airway pressures ... volutrauma, increased work ... #Ventilation #Management
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
Diagnosis and Management ... • Immunologic Workup ... - Anti-dsDNA - Positive ... in 60-80% of cases ... life-threatening • Treatment
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
• Immunologic Workup ... constitutional symptoms • Treatment ... • Immunologic Workup ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Usual therapeutic management
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery related cause ... Airway • Check position ... levelling patient position ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Glaucoma is a condition that involves an increase in pressure inside the eye. It occurs when
an increase in pressure ... ester miotic and a positively ... #pharmacology #treatment ... #management #medications ... #Ophthalmology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Airway • Check position ... intrathoracic pressure ... recheck blood pressure ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
or iatrogenic causes ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... Plan definitive management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Positive family ... Repeatedly normal blood pressure ... taken at home, work ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
remember to tailor treatment ... Airway • Check position ... Consider known drug causes ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup #Cardiology
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 ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup