19 results
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Causes of Approach ... to Altered Level ... • Hyper/HypoCa ... Encephalitis #Altered ... #algorithm #Causes
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
attached to the airway ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Difficult #Airway ... #Intubation #Checklist ... #Algorithm #Alfred
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... perfusion Mismatch • Airway ... #Hypoxia #Differential
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Workup and Management ... Differential Diagnosis ... Therapeutics: Airway ... #Hypoxia #Workup ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Inspiratory Positive Airway ... CHF, decreases intubation ... clear secretions, altered ... status • Won't Work ... #indications #criticalcare
Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... TTP • DIC • Hypoxemia ... #Causes
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Guidelines for Crises ... or oesophageal intubation ... salbutamol by metered ... consider → 2-2 Hypoxia ... 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 ... oedema; bronchial intubation ... #Pressure #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
The probable cause ... presume oesophageal intubation ... 4 H’s, 4 T’s: Hypoxia ... CardiacArrest #Checklist #Differential ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Intraoperative Hypoxia ... should identify any cause ... exclude bronchial intubation ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Management #Workup