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Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
hypovolaemia or combined causes ... • If heart rate ... potential surgical causes ... team. ❼ Consider causes ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
Tachypnea: Respiratory rate ... Hyperpnea: Respiratory rate ... PVFM) Cardiac Causes ... Hematologic Causes ... acidosis of any cause
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
should identify any cause ... chest symmetry, rate ... Consider potential causes ... • Check heart rate ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia (MAT)
• At least 3 different P wave morphologies: 
• Rate 100-180
• Irregular 
Etiology
morphologies: • Rate ... hypertension Management ... condition • Rate ... Diagnosis #ECG #EKG #Management
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis Table - Wide vs Narrow, Regular vs Irregular

Regular Rhythm - Narrow Complex
Bedside eval of rate ... whether AF is cause ... Tx: Underlying cause ... Rate/Rhythm control ... Narrow #Irregular #causes
Treatment of Stable Narrow-Complex Tachycardia
Regular Rhythm:
 • Attempt vagal maneuvers
 • Give adenosine 6 milligrams IV
- Control rate ... Treat underlying cause ... - Control rate ... Treat underlying cause ... Tachycardia #Treatment #management
Oxygen Delivery by Device

Nasal Cannula 
• Indicated for low-flow, low-percentage supplemental oxygen. 
• Flow rate of
• Flow rate of ... • Flow rate of ... retention of exhaled gases ... • Uses either ... Equipment #Devices #Management
Acute Atrial Fibrillation - Initial Options for Rate Control
Diltiazem IV
 •  Rapid onset and rapidly
Initial Options for Rate ... IV bolus can cause ... of action • Rate ... • Does not cause ... #pharmacology #management
Internal Jugular Vein Rouleaux Flow on POCUS

Amazing video of a dilated IJV showing Rouleaux flow. Whenever
POCUS Amazing video ... significantly, it causes ... echogenic as in this case ... for underlying cause
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
urinalysis, labs - Management ... or pigmented casts ... renal biopsy - Management ... treating underlying cause ... ultrasonography - Manaqement