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Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... monitor patient and source ... supply, duration of surgery ... Consider stopping surgery ... Consider continuing surgery
Interscalene brachial plexus block is used for shoulder, arm, and elbow surgery. Local anesthetic is injected
arm, and elbow surgery ... Local anesthetic ... groove to provide anesthesia ... -C7 #Clinical #POCUS
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
likely underlying cause ... devices could have caused ... sepsis, consider source ... abandon or limit surgery ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trunk Local Nerve Block

 - Thoracic Paravertebral
 - Erector Spinae
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POCUS - Regional ... Anesthesia - Trunk ... Pecs - Breast Surgery ... Regional #Local #Anesthesia ... Nerve #Blocks #POCUS
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
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abdominal / thoracic surgery ... • General anesthesia ... • Duration of anesthesia ... anesthesiology #anesthesia ... #surgery #causes
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery if possible ... • Consider surgery ... related cause ... If laparoscopic surgery ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
in Anaesthesia ... unnecessarily deep anaesthesia ... surgery if possible ... in anaesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
The most common etiologies of small bowel obstruction, and the key distinguishing features of each cause.
features of each cause ... Differential; #Surgery ... SmallBowelObstruction Image Source ... Surgery: A case
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Causes: thrombus ... consult vascular surgeon ... • Discontinue source ... N2O • Tell surgeon ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
The probable cause ... something related to surgery ... the reason for surgery ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia