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Valproic Acid in the ICU for Agitation and Delirium
Up to 70% of ICU patients experience agitation
the ICU for Agitation ... to 70% of ICU patients ... worsen delirium Antipsychotics ... Agitation #Delirium #pharmacology ... #criticalcare
Keeping up with Atypical Antipsychotics (aka second generation antipsychotics - SGA). I'll be posting series of
with Atypical Antipsychotics ... pharmcodynamic and ... "PINEs", "PIPs”and ... Psychiatry #Pharmacy #Pharmacology ... #InfoGraphic #Clinical
Central Venous Catheter site selection - Clinical Decision Aid
IJ vs Subclavian vs Supraclavicular vs Femoral by
site selection - Clinical ... Decision Aid IJ ... Femoral by ease and ... infection, DVT and ... #Management #CriticalCare
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
will vary with clinical ... Antipsychotics: ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Delirium in the ICU ... medication list and ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... refractory to antipsychotic ... #CriticalCare
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Side Effects of Antipsychotic ... Young, antipsychotic ... variable tremor, mask ... • Tx: Stop antipsychotic ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
American College of Critical Care Medicine algorithm for time-sensitive, goal-directed stepwise management of hemodynamic support in
American College of Critical ... goals—restore and ... 2) Subsequent ICU ... 6.0L/min/m2 in PICU ... Shock #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
- Group IA and ... IC - Group II ... IV (Diltiazem and ... - Quinine Antipsychotics ... widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
BLUE-protocol decision ... admitted to the ICU ... regardless of size and ... Algorithm #Dyspnea #CriticalCare
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
BLUE-protocol decision ... admitted to the ICU ... regardless of size and ... /11924/dyspnea-criticalcare-pulmonary-algorithm-pocus