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Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
usually caused by ... 3 questions to work ... Measure urine osmolality ... Treatment: Treatment ... the underlying cause
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
team. ❼ Consider causes ... Local anaesthetic toxicity ... o Endocrine cause ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery related cause ... Consider potential causes ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... no respiratory cause ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... Resuscitation 2) Urine ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Guidelines for Crises ... • Maintain the airway ... Guidelines for crises ... #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
remember to tailor treatment ... Consider known drug causes ... local anaesthetic toxicity ... #Bradycardia #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
has potential to cause ... • Workup • General ... Management • Airway ... Diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #workup #pulmonary
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
Guidelines for Crises ... remember to tailor treatment ... local anaesthetic toxicity ... #Tachycardia #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Guidelines for Crises ... Consider other causes ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Laryngospasm #Stridor #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
• Confirm airway ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Local anaesthetic toxicity ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup