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Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
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nutritional status Intraoperative ... abdominal / thoracic surgery ... • General anesthesia ... • Duration of anesthesia ... #surgery #causes
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 ... plexus at C5-C7 #Clinical ... #POCUS #Interscalene
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... supply, duration of surgery ... Consider stopping surgery ... Consider continuing surgery ... #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Intraoperative Bronchospasm ... oxygen. ❸ Stop surgery ... Other drugs at clinician ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Intraoperative
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery if possible ... • Consider surgery ... If laparoscopic surgery ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Intraoperative Hypertension ... hypercarbia as causes ... administered by surgeon ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
Intraoperative Sepsis ... likely underlying cause ... abandon or limit surgery ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Intraoperative
Colonic Foreign Body Removal

Surgical extraction after large bowel obstruction caused by rectal insertion of a foreign
bowel obstruction caused ... ForeignBody #Extraction #surgery ... #clinical #video ... #intraoperative
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... surgery if possible ... o Endocrine cause ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Intraoperative Circulatory ... consult vascular surgeon ... N2O • Tell surgeon ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Intraoperative