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Delirium in the ICU

Defining delirium
Types of delirium
Consequences of delirium
Reversible causes of delirium
Drug-induced delirium
Non-pharmacologic management of delirium
Pharmacologic
Reversible causes ... management of delirium ... management of delirium ... management #criticalcare ... #diagnosis
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
dissociative drug, it causes ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
anaphylaxis, toxins/meds ... Classification #diagnosis ... #management #Overview ... #criticalcare # ... differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
anaphylaxis, toxins/meds ... Classification #diagnosis ... #management #Overview ... #criticalcare # ... differential #causes
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
esp in work-up/management ... of shock MICRO ... get an EKG and CXR ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis ... #workup #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... Differential Diagnosis ... exertion, orthopnea, PND ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... teratogenic GDMT meds
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... patients with CAD ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... treat the primary cause ... patients with CAD ... #diagnosis #management ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare