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EEG/Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring - Neuromuscular Blockade

 • Use EEG/BIS monitor to ensure sedation depth is
EEG/Bispectral Index ... sedation during NMB ... • Bispectral ... reduces awareness of NMB ... Neuromuscular #Blockade #NMB
Prolonged neuromuscular blockade - Differential Diagnosis
- Drugs, Acid-base Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte abnormalities

By Mark Harris, MD
MarkHarrisMD #nmb ... Anesthesiology #Causes
Treatment of NMS
 Dopamine antagonists should be discontinued immediately in patients suspected of NMS. Like SS,
Treatment of NMS ... patients suspected of NMS ... mainstay treatment of NMS ... considered in milder cases ... of NMS.
Demyelinating Diseases - Differential Diagnosis
 • Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO, Paraneoplastic, Sjogren's, Polyarteritis nodosa, SLE
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Inflammatory: MS, ADEM, NMO ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Hyperthermia Syndromes Comparison
Serotonin Syndrome - NMS - Malignant Hyperthermia - Malignant Catatonia
Cause - Onset - Vitals
Serotonin Syndrome - NMS ... Malignant Catatonia Cause
Neuromuscular Blockade (Paralytics) and Monitoring

Neuromuscular blockade caring for patients with severe ARDS and may reduce mortality.
consumption However, NMB ... Prolonged/excessive NMB ... impairment • NMB ... ) - All NMBs are ... Monitoring: • EEG/Bispectral
Rapid, increasing signs of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) is an important key feature of NMS. EPS, associated
key feature of NMS ... in about 95% of NMS ... cases. ... EPS symptoms in NMS ... a patient with NMS
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Scleroderma renal crises ... • Cocaine • NMS ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Normal Hilar Anatomy on Chest X-Ray
The hilum is 95% vessels and while it is not important
LMB - left main ... bronchus RMB - right ... Chest #XRay #CXR #clinical
Web chart of etiologies related to inflammatory head and neck masses.

#pediatrics #peds #differential #causes #pearls #head
head and neck masses ... #differential #causes ... pearls #head #neck #masses ... viral #bacterial #clinical