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Approach to Elevated Bicarbonate (HCO3)
Risk Factors for Hypercapnea? (Hx of COPD, OSA, sedative use, CNS/muscular disorders?)
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(HCO3) Risk Factors ... /muscular disorders ... Barter, or Gitelman Syndrome ... metabolic #alkalosis #algorithm ... #diagnosis
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
> 1% risk of CV ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... echo in the last year ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
Temperature rise ... inform theatre team ... , invasive BP, CVP ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Essential Thrombocythemia (ET)
ET is a chronic myeloproliferative neoplasm. Most cases are related to mutations that affect
hemoproliferative disorder ... • Treatment algorithms ... patients with no CV ... risk factors) ... #management #hematology