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EEG/Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring - Neuromuscular Blockade

 • Use EEG/BIS monitor to ensure sedation depth is
EEG/Bispectral Index ... ) Monitoring - Neuromuscular ... sedation during NMB ... • Bispectral ... Index #Monitoring #Neuromuscular
Neuromuscular Blockade (Paralytics) and Monitoring

Neuromuscular blockade caring for patients with severe ARDS and may reduce mortality.
Neuromuscular Blockade ... Monitoring Neuromuscular ... associated with neuromuscular ... DVTs Choice of Neuromuscular ... Monitoring: • EEG/Bispectral
Prolonged neuromuscular blockade - Differential Diagnosis
- Drugs, Acid-base Disorders, Metabolic, Neurologic, Electrolyte abnormalities

By Mark Harris, MD
Prolonged neuromuscular ... MarkHarrisMD #nmb ... #neuromuscular
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular ... Peripheral nerve - Neuromuscular ... - Muscle #Neuromuscular
Train of Four monitoring is commonly used by anesthesiologists to determine the adequacy of paralytic agents
clinical #management #neuromuscular ... References: Neuromuscular ... contents/monitoring-neuromuscular-blockade
Weakness - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Approach To Weakness:
 • Non-neuromuscular disorder (Cardiac, pulmonary etc)
 • CNS ->
Weakness: • Non-neuromuscular ... CNS -> PNS -> NMJ ... Neuromuscular Junction ... Fatiguability - Consider NMJ ... cryoglobulins • PNS, NMJ
Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
 • Spinal Cord: Demyelinating Disease (MS), Epidural abscess, Infarction, Syringomyelia, Tetanus, Transverse
Causes of Neuromuscular ... neuromyopathy • Neuromuscular ... Thyroid disease #Neuromuscular
Malignant Hyperthermia vs NMS vs Serotonin Syndrome

#MalignantHyperthermia #NMS #SerotoninSyndrome #Comparison #Table #Diagnosis #Rigidity
Hyperthermia vs NMS ... MalignantHyperthermia #NMS
Peripheral Nervous System Disorders

1 Anterior Horn Cell
2 Spinal Roots and Nerves 
3 Peripheral Nerve—Mono-neuropathy  
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Polyneuropathy 5 Neuromuscular
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Chest Wall or Neuromuscular