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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Assess the likelihood ... and clinical impact ... surgical airway access ... induction of general anesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Basic preoperative airway assessment conducted by anesthesiologists to assess intubation difficulty, along with the two commonly
anesthesiologists to assess ... #clinical #management ... #anesthesia #anesthesiology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
pericardiocentesis, re-assess ... using ultrasound ... Plan definitive management ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Other drugs at clinician ... Obtain a chest X-ray ... as soon as clinically ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
expose intravenous access ... equipment. ❽ Discuss management ... an appropriate clinical ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... inform immediate clinical ... establish intravenous access ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
Ratio Step 1: Clinical ... with a focused clinical ... & Specificity Assess ... #Stewardship #ultrasound ... #management #diagnosis
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Spinal stenosis - Abscess ... sclerosis • Clinical ... anterior horn gray ... Impotence - Saddle anesthesia ... loss - Saddle anesthesia
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
marker Imaging: • XRay ... narrowing) • Ultrasound ... Diagnosis: CLINICAL ... Arthritis #diagnosis #management
Peritonsillar Abscess on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

A 19yo female presents with pain and fever. Based
Peritonsillar Abscess ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... which is the best management ... #PTA #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #Clinical