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Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
the Ventilator - Algorithm ... CO2 production (fever ... long lasting pain meds ... Weaning #Ventilator #Algorithm ... #Extubation #CriticalCare
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
investigations and treatments ... components of the algorithm ... an infant with fever ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... Stratification #Fever
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... c deliriogenic meds ... or persistent fevers ... consider empiric treatment ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... purposes of this algorithm ... echo is positive, treatment ... within 10 d of fever ... #Diagnosis #Peds
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
which all carry treatment ... NO Insulin; the actions ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #treatment ... #criticalcare #
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the knee-jerk reaction ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... management #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment
The Febrile Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm
This is an algorithm developed by European emergency physicians to identify low-risk
Infant Step-by-Step Algorithm ... This is an algorithm ... empiric antibiotic treatment ... Management #Pediatrics #Peds ... Stratification #Fever