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Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
exam • 12-lead ECG ... PALPITATIONS: Medications ... withdrawal of β-blockers ... • Serotonergic drugs ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
GABA-mediated chloride ion channel ... amnesia • hypnosis • anesthesia ... Antagonists: - Blocks ... #medications #pharmacology ... #comparison #table
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
Change to inhalational ... immediately. ❼ Give drugs ... glucagon in ß-blocked ... annotate notes/drug ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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Temp • ACS • Drugs ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Heart block Medications ... : • Beta blockers ... • Calcium channel
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Consider known drug ... causes (eg. remifentanil ... digoxin; calcium channel ... blocker; myocardial ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Clinically Significant Cardiovascular Drug-Drug Interactions With OTC Supplements and Herbal Products
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors (ACEIs)
 • Night-blooming
Cardiovascular Drug-Drug ... tachycardia Calcium Channel ... vera, Licorice - Causes ... pharmacology #DDI #table ... #cardiology
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
malignant, pediatric cases ... mental status changes ... may present with pulmonary ... , induction of anesthesia ... or with certain drugs
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... QRS complex Pulmonary ... dissection • Sodium-channel ... blocking drugs ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... - Allergies to medications ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... if result will change