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Hypokalemia - Differential Diagnosis
Poor Intake 
 - Starvation
 - Anorexia
GI Losses 
 - Vomiting / NG
Hypokalemia - Differential ... Diagnosis #Low # ... Potassium #Table ... #Classification ... #Causes
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increase fresh gas flow ... If circulation unstable ... #Pressure #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hypomagnesemia - Etiologies by Mechanism

Decreased GI Uptake 
 - Poor dietary intake (particularly common in alcoholics)
Hypercalcemia - Hypokalemia ... Hypomagnesemia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Low ... #Classification ... #Causes #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
Increase fresh gas flow ... pressure as a cause ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Increase fresh gas flow ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... #Differential # ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview A state ... anaphylaxis, toxins/meds ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview A state ... anaphylaxis, toxins/meds ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Increase fresh gas flow ... • If SpO2 low ... If circulation unstable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Workup #Management
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
sequence can be slow ... problem. ❸ Treat airway ... Consider supraglottic airway ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Hypokalemia
I. Decreased intake
   A. Starvation
   B. Clay ingestion
II. Redistribution into
Causes of Hypokalemia ... Anabolic state ... #Differential # ... Potassium #Classification ... #Causes