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Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
optimal airway management ... the laryngeal anatomy ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
drainage are vital, so ... • Diagnostic ... Plan definitive management ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Management #Workup
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Diagnosis Framework ... did not yield a diagnosis ... intolerance • SIBO ... wall pain • Abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
Call for help ... Consider alternate diagnoses ... clinically safe to do so ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
with systemic, neurologic ... Remember: Systemic sx will ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... initiating steroids, so ... #Management
Neuroprotection following Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Outcome from cardiac arrest is determined by
pressure, target SBP ... ❾ Plan further management ... Call for extra help ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Elevated ESR and CRP GCA ... develop in pts with GCA ... affects the skin, neurologic ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal
Intraoperative Mains Oxygen Supply Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Complete failure of wall or pendant
Complete failure of wall ... If so, switching ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... Life threatening labile ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #neurology