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DSI Checklist

#Management #CriticalCare #Airway #DelayedSequence #DSI #Intubation #Checklist #HEAVEN #Mnemonic
DSI Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... DelayedSequence #DSI ... #Intubation #Checklist ... #HEAVEN #Mnemonic
Rich Levitan teaches the VAPORS pneumonic: a quick run-through of the main issues to sort prior
from Scotland #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... RSI #Resuscitation ... Intubation #VAPORS #Mnemonic ... #Checklist
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... wide vs. narrow pulse ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... wide vs. narrow pulse ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
Checklist Approach ... incongruous with clinical ... NPO, or profound shock ... #Hypokalemia #Management ... #CriticalCare
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... esp in work-up/management ... of shock MICRO ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... diagnosis #workup #criticalcare
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Phos), CBC with differential ... Intubation only if clinically ... (vital signs, clinical ... #Management #CriticalCare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
brain PRES Clinical ... Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... isointense signal on DWI ... Reversible course Differential ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management