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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... Hemorrhage (DAH), Anaphylaxis ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... lung sliding) Diagnostics ... anticoagulation • Anaphylaxis
Cheatsheet for Malignant Hyperthermia in Anesthesia 

 - Mark Harris, MD MPH @ https://twitter.com/MarkHarrisMD

#Malignant #Hyperthermia #Anesthesia
Hyperthermia #Anesthesia #Anesthesiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hypoxemia in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Management: 

• increase Fi02 to 100% - verify!
Hypoxemia in Anesthesiology ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Anesthesiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
When assessing a patient with acute dyspnea during or shortly following a transfusion, it is challenging
TRALI, TACO, and anaphylaxis ... Both anaphylaxis ... hypotension with anaphylaxis ... #Diagnosis #Transfusion
Hypotension in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Initial checklist: 
 - Verify BP (e.g. surgeon
Hypotension in Anesthesiology ... - Differential Diagnosis ... #Hypotensive #Anesthesiology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Allergic/Immune: • Anaphylaxis ... malformations • Anaphylaxis ... Tracheal stenosis • Anaphylaxis ... #differential #diagnosis
Anaphylaxis: Signs and Symptoms
Anaphylaxis: when any egg of three conditions is met:
1. Acute onset of skin/mucosal
Anaphylaxis: Signs ... and Symptoms Anaphylaxis ... Angioedema #Anaphylaxis ... pathophysiology #immunology #diagnosis
Malignant Hyperpyrexia
A rare complciation of halothane or suxamethonium.
Predisposition to developing this is inherited (autosomal dominant).

#Malignant #Hyperpyrexia
Signs #Symptoms #Anesthesiology ... #Diagnosis
Prolonged neuromuscular blockade - Differential Diagnosis
- Drugs, Acid-base Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte abnormalities

By Mark Harris, MD
- Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Anesthesiology
Clinical manifestations of anaphylaxis. 
Neurological (<15%): Dizziness, syncope, seizures, Confusion, impending doom. headache
Angioedema: Lips, tongue, orbit,
manifestations of anaphylaxis ... incontinence #anaphylaxis ... signs #symptoms #diagnosis