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Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... amphetamines) Toxic: • Radiologic ... #Differential # ... Causes #Anesthesiology ... #Diagnosis #Management
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
syndromes (e.g. ... , long QT syndrome ... Hypomagnesemia • Hypokalemia ... more intensive treatment ... cardiology
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
Palpitations - Differential ... exam • 12-lead ECG ... : • Cardiomyopathy ... Hypoglycemia • Hypovolemia ... #Palpitations #Cardiology
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
remember to tailor treatment ... • If narrow complex ... obtain 12-lead ECG ... Anesthesiology # ... #Management #Workup
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
inversion • Arrhythmias ... Stop or rapidly complete ... consultation with cardiology ... #Checklist #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 ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup ... #Cardiology
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... sinus tachycardia ... be seen in: • Hypothermia ... #diagnosis #cardiology ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... walking to nearly complete ... arrythmias • ... , reversible cardiomyopathy ... #diagnosis #management
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
and Management ... malignant, pediatric cases ... , or arrhythmia) ... , induction of anesthesia ... #Management #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... severe arrhythmias ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #treatment