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Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
Atrial Fibrillation ... Decompensated HF • New ischemia ... Anticoagulation ... #Atrial #Fibrillation ... Cardiology #Management #Algorithm
ISCHEMIA Trial - Management Algorithm for patients with Stable Angina

Stress Test -> ? +moderate or severe
ISCHEMIA Trial - ... Management Algorithm ... trial, I want to ... syndrome (ACS) evaluation ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm
COVID-19 Hypoxia Management

Indication for endotracheal intubation?
Tolerating supplemental oxygen?
Consider HFNC
Not tolerating HFNC or HFNC is not available?
Consider
CONSIDER: a trial ... COVID19 #management #schema ... #criticalcare # ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
-Serial evaluation ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
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Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT) Failure - Troubleshooting and Evaluation Algorithm

Landsberg Manual @LandsbergManual - https://amzn.to/3rEtbK8

#SBT #Spontaneous #BreathingTrial
Spontaneous Breathing Trial ... Troubleshooting and Evaluation ... Algorithm Landsberg ... Failure #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Evaluation #criticalcare
Possible approach to empiric anticoagulation in COVID-19

Is D-dimer above '"1,000-2,000 ng/ml?
Contraindication to anticoagulation?
Check fibrinogen level and/or
approach to empiric anticoagulation ... -> Therapeutic Anticoagulation ... COVID19 #management #schema ... #criticalcare # ... algorithm #SARSCOV2
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Preoperative Risk Evaluation ... Key Components: ... physical exam - Key components ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Anticoagulation
Possible Approach to Immunosuppression in Severe COVID-19

The diagnosis and treatment of cytokine storm remains unknown and
iBookCC #empiric #anticoagulation ... COVID19 #management #schema ... #criticalcare # ... algorithm #SARSCOV2
Evaluation of early administration of simvastatin in the prevention and treatment of delirium in critically ill
Evaluation of early ... placebo-controlled trial ... 30234-5/fulltext Interpretation ... #Simvastatin #CriticalCare