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Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
Intraoperative Laryngospasm ... may inflate the stomach ... decompress the stomach ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Nasogastric Tube and Fluid Filled Stomach on Gastric POCUS

Phased array transducer in subxiphoid position (epigastrium, footprint
on Gastric POCUS ... Phased array ... Distended fluid ... #Stomach #Gastric ... #POCUS #clinical
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
oxygen delivery, airway ... including larynx and stomach ... antihypertensives • Distended ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
including larynx and stomach ... causes: o Laryngospasm ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
obstructed tracheal tube ... Other drugs at clinician ... X-ray as soon as clinically ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
over larynx and stomach ... causes: o Laryngospasm ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Management #Workup ... #anesthesia
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
inform immediate clinical ... • Maintain the airway ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Gastric Ultrasound - Dilated Stomach with Layering Dependent Debris on POCUS

What is the best next step
Dependent Debris on POCUS ... this patient’s management ... fans the phased array ... Layering #Debris #POCUS ... #clinical
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
• Maintain the airway ... with tracheal tube ... Plan definitive management ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
• Maintain the airway ... with tracheal tube ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup