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Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Local Anaesthetic ... for Crises in Anaesthesia ... • Local anaesthetic ... #Local #Anaesthetic ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... Dizziness, Altered, Seizure ... Exam: Tachypnea, Tachycardia ... #Salicylate #Aspirin ... #diagnosis #management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
for Crises in Anaesthesia ... non-sinus → 2-7 Tachycardia ... anaesthetic toxicity ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
Local anaesthetic ... toxicity ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
Intraoperative Tachycardia ... alternatively a reflex to hypotension ... anaesthetic toxicity ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Also consider: high ... pneumoperitoneum; local ... anaesthetic toxicity ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
tone Drug error Local ... anaesthetic toxicity ... (→ 3-10) Acidosis ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia ... with dantrolene Hyperkalaemia ... metoprolol Metabolic acidosis ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup