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Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... own objective assessment ... get an EKG and CXR ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... #diagnosis #workup
CRIES is a 10-point scale, using a physiologic basis similar to APGAR: Crying; Requires increased oxygen
1995) CRIES (Table ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... PostOperative #Assessment
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Renal Calculus AXR ... recurrence or growth assessment ... obstruction - Able ... abdominal pain: diagnoses ... urinary tract: diagnostic
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Assessment of Chest ... • Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... : • 14-22 Fr stable ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Intraoperative Anaphylaxis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
• Unexplained hypotension
• Unexplained bronchospasm (wheeze may be absent
arrest, start CPR ... as patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
For children greater than one year who are preverbal, a well performing scale is the FLACC
Consolability (Table ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... PainScale #rFLACC #Assessment
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)

For infants less than one year of age, the Neonatal Infant Pain
to detect pain (Table ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Infants #NIPS #Assessment