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Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... team of problem ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... #Tamponade #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
effects of neuraxial block ... ischaemia → 3-12 o Anaphylaxis ... tamponade → 3-9 ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
39 C this is a clinical ... Treatment depends ... Allergic reaction / anaphylaxis ... #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
treatment pack ... require prolonged treatment ... #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
4 H’s, 4 T’s: Hypoxia ... Hypothermia Tamponade ... 10) Acidosis Anaphylaxis ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Bronchospasm → 3-4 o Anaphylaxis ... tamponade → 3-9 ... #Cyanosis #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Management
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
inform theatre team ... intubation. ❼ If anaphylaxis ... consider → 2-2 Hypoxia ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology ... #Management #Workup
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
bradycardia, conduction blocks ... inform immediate clinical ... . ❸ Call for cardiac ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
other, more common causes ... dantrolene and cardiac ... Hyperthermia #Crisis #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
of the resting cardiac ... Sepsis, Shock, Hypoxia ... to effectively block ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment