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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 ... in the ICU Nick ... Pain #Anxiety #Delirium ... #CriticalCare # ... Management #Diagnosis #ICU
Swan Ganz - Pulmonary Artery Catheter Basics

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#PA #SwanGanz #Pulmonary #Artery #Catheter #Basics #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Artery Catheter ... Pulmonary #Artery #Catheter ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare ... #ICU #pressures
Valproic Acid in the ICU for Agitation and Delirium
Up to 70% of ICU patients experience agitation
Valproic Acid in the ICU ... Up to 70% of ICU ... efficacy Proposed ICU ... outside of the ICU ... #pharmacology #criticalcare
FAST HUGS BID - ICU Checklist Mnemonic
F - Feeding
A - Analgesia
S - Sedation
T - Thromboprophylaxis
H -
FAST HUGS BID - ICU ... I - Indwelling Catheter ... #FASTHUGSBID #ICU ... Mnemonic #management #criticalcare
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium ... in the ICU Initial ... especially if* - Delirium ... #Checklist #Delirium ... #CriticalCare #
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
RISK FACTORS - ICU ... analgesics - Delirium ... treatments - Delirium ... diagnosis #management #criticalcare ... #icu
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Agitation, and Delirium ... below) D - Delirium ... preventing or treating delirium ... Pain #Agitation #Delirium ... #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare
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 ... ICU Defining ... delirium Types ... theABofPharmaC #ICU ... #management #criticalcare
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
for Treatment of Delirium ... in the ICU Remove ... #Delirium #Checklist ... Management #Treatment #MICU ... #CriticalCare
Causes of COVIDー19 ICU delirium
Restricted Visitation
 • Family Disconnected
 • Sense of Isolation
 • Disorientation
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Causes of COVIDー19 ICU ... delirium Restricted ... disturbances #COVID19 #ICU ... #delirium #causes ... coronavirus #diagnosis #criticalcare