Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
surgery related cause ... POTENTIAL CAUSES ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... #Pressure #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 β€’ Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential ... pHTN, Shock β€’ Airway ... Hypoxemia #hypoxia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 β€’ Dysrhythmia
 β€’ Ischemia
 β€’ Cardiomyopathy
 β€’ Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... syndrome β€’ Shunt Airway ... 2LmUODZ #Dyspnea #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 β€’ Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Intrathoracic, upper airway ... Intrathoracic, lower airway ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #pulmonary
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
improving) A - Airway ... - Tube feeds (Pause ... (Sedation off, passes ... Mnemonic #MASCOTS #criticalcare ... #management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
oxygen delivery, airway ... β€’ Check airway ... AND airway device ... #Hypotension #Differential ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 β€’ Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Diagnosis and Management ... has potential to cause ... β€’ Airway Management ... treatment #workup #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
Hypoxemia and Dyspnea - Rapid Response Management

1) Ask for vitals en route
2) Stabilize: Nasal canula 
3)
Rapid Response Management ... ) Examination: Pulmonary ... the underlying cause ... #criticalcare # ... pulmonary #Hypoxia
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 β€’ COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
), Cardiogenic pulmonary ... mortality), Other causes ... Inability to protect airway ... Ventilation #diagnosis #management ... #indications #pulmonary
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 β€’ Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... on scores and clinical ... class (30-day all cause ... prognostication #diagnosis #management ... stratification #criticalcare