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Managing Pain, Anxiety and Delirium in the ICU

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#Pain #Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare #Comparison #Management
Pain, Anxiety and Delirium ... Pain #Anxiety #Delirium ... #CriticalCare # ... Comparison #Management
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Narrow Complex Bradycardia:
 • Regular: Sinus Bradycardia, AFib w/ AV
Framework and Management ... Sinus Bradycardia, AFib ... Sinus Arrest, AFib ... Slow Vent Rate, AFib ... #cardiology #criticalcare
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation - Modes of Mechanical Ventilation - Comparison Table

You now know many modes whether
Ventilation - Comparison ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Variables #Breaths #Comparison
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
analgesics - Delirium ... treatments - Delirium ... PICS #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
Vasopressors Demystified

Shock comes in many flavors and so do vasopressors. Here’s a OnePager summarizing my approach
Vasopressors #Basics #CriticalCare ... #Management #Pharmacology ... #Comparison #Inotropes
Delirium in the ICU

Defining delirium
Types of delirium
Consequences of delirium
Reversible causes of delirium
Drug-induced delirium
Non-pharmacologic management of delirium
Pharmacologic
Delirium in the ... Non-pharmacologic management ... management of delirium ... #pharmacology #management ... #criticalcare #
Pressors and Inotropes

Norepinephrine
 • alpha1 > beta 1
 • Increase SVR > Inotropy
Vasopressin
 • V1
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Pressors #Inotropes #criticalcare ... #pharmacology #comparison ... #shock #management
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
for Treatment of Delirium ... #Delirium #Checklist ... #Management #Treatment ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
useful when A-fib ... independent of A-fib ... #Fibrillation #AFib ... #Medications #management ... #treatment #comparison
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Agitation, and Delirium ... below) D - Delirium ... Pain #Agitation #Delirium ... #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management