20 results
TTH48 - Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 Hours and Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac
- A Randomized Clinical ... 318(4):341-350. doi ... admitted to the ICU ... #TTM48 #TTH48 #CriticalCare ... #EBM
POLAR Randomized Clinical Trial - Effect of Early Sustained Prophylactic Hypothermia on Neurologic Outcomes Among Patients
POLAR Randomized Clinical ... 21):2211-2220. doi ... Hypothermia #TBI #CriticalCare ... #ICU #VisualAbstract ... #EBM
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Delirium in the ICU ... - Review the medication ... Delirium #Checklist #Management ... #Treatment #MICU ... #CriticalCare
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
Systemic Thrombolysis
 - Exclude contraindications.
 - Indications:
   - Massive PE (definite indication)
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment ... - Indications ... - 2% risk of ICH ... #AcutePE #Management ... #CriticalCare
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Stress ulcerations are common in ICU patients and may lead to hemorrhage if not
are common in ICU ... ulceration or treatment ... Risk Factors • Clinical ... #Prophylaxis #criticalcare ... #pharmacology #management
A quick infographic describing some of the common reversal agents used by anesthesiologists, their mechanism of
reversal #agents #management ... anesthesiology #treatment ... #medications ... anaesthesia and critical ... , 59(10), 664. doi
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Clinical construct ... likelihood of prolonged ICU ... recognition and treatment ... #QSOFA #SIRS #criticalcare ... #icu
Induction agents used in anesthesia play a key role in the eventual sedation of the patient,
agents and their indications ... #clinical #management ... anesthesiology #anesthesia #medication ... KL, Fitzgerald BM ... Effects, Dosages, Treatment
Summary of meta-analysis of pharmacotherapy trials in BPD
https://www.cochrane.org/CD005652/BEHAV_psychological-therapies-borderline-personality-disorder
Meta-analyses of RCTs were undertaken for the following outcomes:
Managing BPD Clinical ... with ‘treatment ... UK national BPD clinical ... 5.2 and 5.4 #EBM ... Personality #Disorder #Medications
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
accumulation of clinical ... Assessment • Clinical ... of emergency, ICU ... Lymphohistiocytosis #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #summary