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Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Laryngospasm and Stridor ... Consider other causes ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... #Laryngospasm #Stridor ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
in Anaesthesia ... surgery related cause ... Laryngospasm and stridor ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
should identify any cause ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Laryngospasm and stridor ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Management #Workup #anesthesia
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... Embolism* Lower Airway ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... (Stridor) • Aspiration
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Stridor: Louder ... sound over central airways ... Autoimmune: GPA Lower Airway ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... diagnosis #algorithm #pulmonary
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... pressure as a cause ... potential surgical causes ... team. ❼ Consider causes ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... - Inspiratory Stridor ... bronchi - Expiratory Stridor ... differential #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway
Lung Findings on Physical Exam
Crackles:
 • Short, discontinuous, sounds mostly heard during inspiration
 • Caused by
collapsed distal airways ... alveoli as seen in pulmonary ... plugging, secretions Stridor ... extra-thoracic airway ... Lung #Findings #Pulmonary
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Guidelines for Crises ... oxygen delivery, airway ... • Confirm airway ... hypercarbia as causes ... syndrome) • Medical causes
Pulmonary Vascular Resistance vs Systemic Vascular Resistance

#Pulmonary #Vascular #Resistance #Systemic #Comparison #pulmonaryhypertension #PHTN #pathophysiology #anesthesiology #anesthesia
Pulmonary Vascular ... Resistance #Pulmonary ... anesthesiology #anesthesia ... #causes