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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
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
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
Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
Scleroderma renal crises ... • Cocaine • NMS ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Internal Jugular Vein Rouleaux Flow on POCUS

Amazing video of a dilated IJV showing Rouleaux flow. Whenever
POCUS Amazing video ... significantly, it causes ... echogenic as in this case ... for underlying cause
Pemberton's Sign caused by a Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Elevating the arms causes the previously flat neck veins
Pemberton's Sign caused ... Elevating the arms causes ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video