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CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER INSERTION - Materials/Supplies Checklist

Also Consider:
 - Ultrasound + Probe Cover
 - Patient Drapes
CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER ... Antimicrobial Disc (Bio ... - Tegaderm #Management ... CentralLine #Venous #Catheter
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... /STS/STR Clinical ... indwelling pleural catheter ... admission, removal of catheter ... MPE #Algorithm #Management
Sedative-Hypnotic Drugs
Benzodiazepines:
 - Bind to specific GABAA receptor subunits at central nervous system (CNS) neuronal synapses
Benzodiazepines: - Bind ... nervous system (CNS ... Barbituates: - Bind ... Hyponotics: - Bind ... #medications #pharmacology
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
vasoactive drug pharmacology ... Phenylephrine • Ino-Constrictors ... , Dopamine • Ino-Dilators ... Vasoactive #Drugs #pharmacology ... inopressors #diagnosis #management
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) - Overview
Types of CRRT
 • CVVHD - Continuous Veno-Venous hemodialysis -
preferred; 15-20cm catheter ... L IJV - ↑ risk catheter ... malfunction; 20-24cm catheter ... ↑ BMI; 24-30cm catheter ... Indications #Nephrology #Management
Modified penicillin binding proteins as mechanism of resistance to antibiotics.
Penicillin Binding Proteins (Transpeptidases) cross link peptidoglycan
cephalosporins bind ... that PCN does not bind ... CTX for a complicated ... vancomycin to CTX ... Proteins #AMR #PBP #pharmacology
IDSA Aspergillosis Treatment
 • Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)
 • CNS aspergillosis
 • Cardiac Aspergillus infection
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aspergillosis (IPA) • CNS ... Aspergillosis #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology #
Heparin, Fondaparinux, and Novel Oral Anticoagulants - Pathophysiology

Anticoagulation with parenteral (intravenous or subcutaneous) and oral anticoagulants
allowing it to bind ... allowing it to bind ... by binding to its ... #Pharmacology #Pathophysiology
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Intraoperative Circulatory ... mainstay of initial management ... mainstay of initial management ... central venous catheter ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
Intraoperative Sepsis ... Insert urinary catheter ... Discuss ongoing management ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management