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Running out of Analgesia and Sedation Medications due to #COVID19?  Anand Swaminathan, MD has put
and Analgesia Alternative ... treatment #sarscov2 #criticalcare ... sedative #analgesia #pharmacology ... #alternatives #
Valproic Acid in the ICU for Agitation and Delirium
Up to 70% of ICU patients experience agitation
Agitation and Delirium ... agitation can worsen delirium ... guidelines for delirium ... #pharmacology # ... criticalcare
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
Delirium in the ... Non-pharmacologic ... Pharmacologic ... #pharmacology # ... management #criticalcare
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
Alternatively, patients ... disturbance, seizure, delirium ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Agitation, and Delirium ... below) D - Delirium ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
for Treatment of Delirium ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #Delirium #Checklist ... Treatment #MICU #CriticalCare