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Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
is unconscious, signs ... ischaemia ❶ Call ... resolve: • Call ... consultation with cardiology ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Cardiac Amyloid - Diagnosis, Signs, Symptoms and Management

Clinical Presentation
- exertional dyspnea
- peripheral edema
- exertional syncope
- peripheral
Cardiac Amyloid ... - Diagnosis, Signs ... despite hx HTN) EKG ... #Amyloidosis #Cardiac ... #Symptoms #Cardiology
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
Cardiac Tamponade ... kit (eg 18G Luer ... • Call for cardiac ... examination and vital signs ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram

Mid 30's female with chest pain/dyspnea.  Triage EKG (no prior).
Embolism on POCUS Echocardiogram ... Triage EKG (no prior ... RV, McConnell's sign ... A4c #clinical #cardiology ... #McConnells #sign
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Declare CICO and call ... airway expertise e.g ... ENT, ICU). ❹ Call ... trolley and then cardiac ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
Signs of severe ... infusion pumps). ❷ Call ... of problem. ❸ Call ... for cardiac arrest ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Cardiac Arrest - ... • Call for help ... bell / senior on-call ... • Call for cardiac ... • Check ECG rhythm
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
of more of the signs ... severe cases) ❶ Call ... non-essential surgery. ❷ Call ... alternate vasopressor (e.g ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
and positioning (e.g ... causes in Box E and call ... consider: o Cardiac ... Anaphylaxis → 3-1 o Cardiac ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Cardiac
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy on POCUS

78 year old woman - Acute delirium but complaining of chest pain 
ECG:
of chest pain ECG ... chest leads Cardiac ... Ultrasound #Clinical #Echocardiogram ... #Cardiology