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Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
Stand at foot of bed ... Orders placed, treatments ... RRT #Management #treatment ... #criticalcare
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Edema: Lasix + BP ... diagnosis #Management #treatment ... #criticalcare
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS
Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: Initial Episodes (Duration of Therapy: 7–14 days)
Preferred
suspension 400 mg PO BID ... for effective treatment ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing and Treating Penicillium marneffei Infections in HIV-AIDS
Preventing 1st Episode of Penicilliosis (Primary
itraconazolea 200 mg PO BID ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... consider empiric treatment ... (e.g. frequent Bp ... Checklist #Management #Treatment ... #MICU #CriticalCare
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Isospora belli Infection in HIV-AIDS
Treating Isospora belli Infection
General Management Considerations:
 • Fluid
mg) PO (or IV) BID ... 160 mg/800 mg) BID ... Ciprofloxacin 500 mg PO BID ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Tachycardia > 100 BPM ... Management #Summary #criticalcare ... #treatment #workup
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
HR > 90 bpm 3. ... recognition and treatment ... #QSOFA #SIRS #criticalcare
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) Infections in HIV-AIDS
Treating Orolabial Lesions (Duration: 5–10 days)
Valacyclovir 1 g PO BID ... Valacyclovir 1 g PO BID ... • Continue treatment ... IDSA #Prevention #Treatment ... #management #opportunistic
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
(e.g. vs PE or opportunistic ... Oseltamavir 75 mg BID ... suspected Adiunctive treatments ... naproxen —200 mg BID ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare