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Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Low tidal volume ... Plan definitive management ... aspiration of a small volume ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
Guidelines for Crises ... until patient is stable ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Causes: thrombus ... mainstay of initial management ... mainstay of initial management ... aspirate air • Volume ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... CAUTION – beware volume ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
The probable cause ... evaluating potential causes ... measured expired volume ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... by attaching a table ... depth and tidal volume ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #TidalVolumes #Table
The management of hypoxia in a patient undergoing a procedure has a variety of etiologies, but
The management of ... recognize the cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #treatment ... anesthesiology #anesthesia
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
in Anaesthesia ... arrest where other causes ... as patient is stable ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
time you have a case ... than the normal volume-based ... algorithm Urine ... poor response to volume ... differential #diagnosis #table
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
blood donor • Pathophysiology ... without other cause ... transfusion • Pathophysiology ... : Volume overload ... diagnosis #comparison #table