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Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Bradycardia - Note ... Factitious fever, Drug ... #diagnosis #infectiousdiseases ... #table #NonInfectious
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
local anaesthetic drugs ... necessary to circulate drugs ... Consider other causes ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Guidelines for Crises ... could have made a drug ... Consider known drug ... causes (eg. remifentanil ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Phenylephrine - Anesthesia Pharmacology
Trade Name: Phenylephrine
Brand Name(s): Neo-Synephrine
Drug Type: α-1 Agonist
Time of Onset: Rapid
Duration of Action:
Phenylephrine - Anesthesia ... Pharmacology Trade ... Neo-Synephrine Drug ... reflex bradycardia ... #Pharmacology
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
tachycardia or bradycardia ... immediately. ❼ Give drugs ... annotate notes/drug ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs ... receptor subunits at central ... sedative-hypnotic drugs ... Sedative #Hypnotic #Drugs ... #comparison #table
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
, e.g. central line ... tube ❹ Rapid diagnosis ... • Diagnostic ... • Inotropic drugs ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
Guidelines for Crises ... • Consider drug ... Also consider: central ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Clinically Significant Cardiovascular Drug-Drug Interactions With OTC Supplements and Herbal Products
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
 • Night-blooming
Cardiovascular Drug-Drug ... vera, Licorice - Causes ... Antiarrhythmic Drugs ... supplementals #herbal #pharmacology ... #DDI #table #cardiology
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
to assess pain control ... A dissociative drug ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis