17 results
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Presentation: • Incubation ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Presentation: • Incubation ... Culture I - 14 days incubation ... Treatment: • 50% ... Capnocytophaga #canimorsus #microbiology ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
C to intubate trachea ... CICO #Intubate #Intubation ... #Difficult #Anesthesiology
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Presentation: • Incubation ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
flow • Remove tracheal ... • Consider intubation ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Bronchospasm - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre team of
or obstructed tracheal ... or oesophageal intubation ... anaesthesia #Anesthesiology
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
correctly positioned tracheal ... ). ❻ Consider tracheal ... intubation particularly ... Laryngospasm #Stridor #Anesthesiology
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... • Excessive insulation ... Differential #Causes #Anesthesiology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
 •
Presentation: • Incubation ... Treatment: • TMP-SMX-DS ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #
High Central Neuraxial Block - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Can occur with deliberate or accidental
supraglottic airway or tracheal ... intubation (Box ... Neuraxial #Block #Anesthesiology