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Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
maintained fever CAUSES ... Intracranial blood • Hypoxic ... #Differential #Causes ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
The management of hypoxia in a patient undergoing a procedure has a variety of etiologies, but
management of hypoxia ... recognize the cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... anesthesiology #anesthesia ... #hypoxia
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Guidelines for Crises ... using standard protocols ... thiopental or propofol ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Hypoxia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
 •
Causes of Approach ... Abnormality • Hypoxia ... • Hyper/HypoCa ... diagnosis #workup #algorithm ... #Causes
Intrapartum Abnormal Fetal HR Tracing - Causes of Variability & Decelerations - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Minimal/Absent Variability
Fetal HR Tracing - Causes ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... sedatives) • Hypoxic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Obstetrics
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Breathing - exclude hypoxia ... hypercarbia as causes ... syndrome) • Medical causes ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
POTENTIAL CAUSES ... 4 H’s, 4 T’s: Hypoxia ... CardiacArrest #Checklist ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist
H’s and T’s Mnemonic - Causes of Cardiac Arrest
H's - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia, Hydrogen Ions (acidosis), Hyperkalemia
T’s Mnemonic - Causes ... - Hypovolemia, Hypoxia ... Cardiac #Arrest #Causes ... diagnosis #acls #checklist
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
in Anaesthesia ... unnecessarily deep anaesthesia ... in anaesthesia ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist