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Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
RRT leader • Ask ... summary of what is ... Assessment: • Ask ... Orders placed, treatments ... RRT #Management #treatment
EEG/Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring - Neuromuscular Blockade

 • Use EEG/BIS monitor to ensure sedation depth is
EEG/Bispectral Index ... (BIS) Monitoring ... • Use EEG/BIS ... • Bispectral ... #Bispectral #Index
Clarke's Test (Patellar Grind Test)

Indicates Patellofemoral dysfunction.
 - Patient with knee in extension. Push posterior on
of patella then ask ... Positive sign: Pain is ... Patellofemoral #msk
Azithromycin - since there has been a lot of noise around chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, thought we can take
azithromycin since it is ... investigational treatments ... (or more) and is ... for potential DIs ... COVID19 #Pandemic #Treatment
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) Treatment Algorithm

IBS-Constipation:
 • Constipation: Osmotic laxatives
 • Abdominal pain: Antispasmodics

IBS-Diarrhea:
 • Diarrhea:
Bowel Syndrome (IBS ... ) Treatment Algorithm ... IBS-Constipation ... Bowel #Syndrome #IBS ... #Treatment #Management
Azithromycin - since there has been a lot of noise around chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, thought we can take
azithromycin since it is ... investigational treatments ... (or more) and is ... for potential DIs ... #Coronavirus #Treatment
This is an oversimplified, hypothetical model to think about time from symptom onset and stages of
This is an oversimplified ... determine what treatments ... clinical #management #treatment
Thrombotic Microangiopathy - TTP VS HUS

Big picture points : Often hard to differentiate the two entities,
TTP VS HUS Big ... distinction has HUGE treatment ... and first-line treatment ... is plasma exchange
Neuromodulators for Disorders of Gut Brain Interactions (DGBIs)
SSRIs - When anxiety, depression, and phobic features are
TCAs - First-line treatment ... when pain is dominant ... Antidepressant - Treatment ... sleep SNRls - Treatment ... Neuromodulators #DGBIs #IBS
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
Bowel Syndrome (IBS ... IBS is NOT a diagnosis ... for diagnosis Treatment ... : • Global IBS ... gastroenterology #treatment