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COVID-19: ICU Guidelines for the Non-Intensivist
Infection Control
Risk Factors for Severe Disease
Initial Laboratory Workup
COVID-19 Specific Medications
Respiratory
Cardiac
Hematologic
Neuro/Sedation

#COVID19 #ICU
COVID-19: ICU Guidelines ... Infection Control Risk ... #ICU #criticalcare ... NonIntensivist #diagnosis ... #management
Azithromycin - since there has been a lot of noise around chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine, thought we can take
treatments for COVID ... for potential DIs ... QT prolongation risk ... #Coronavirus #Treatment ... #Management #Pharmacology
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
- Risk Stratification ... #Embolism #Risk ... prognostication #diagnosis ... #management #stratification ... #criticalcare #
Bamlanivimab EUA - High Risk Criteria
 • BMI ≥ 35
 • Chronic kidney disease
 • Diabetes
Bamlanivimab EUA - High Risk ... kidney disease • Diabetes ... EUA #Criteria #covid19 ... #coronavirus #management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Diabetes regimen ... days before Pulmonary ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
yield of available diagnostic ... are > 3 cm in diameter ... presence of patient risk ... Management options ... with a higher risk
Causes of COVIDー19 ICU delirium
Restricted Visitation
 • Family Disconnected
 • Sense of Isolation
 • Disorientation
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Causes of COVIDー ... • Increased Risk ... disturbances #COVID19 ... #differential #coronavirus ... #diagnosis #criticalcare
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... : Diabetes mellitus ... Encapsulated yeast • At risk ... #Management #Infections
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
re-insertion due to risk ... Surgical management ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
drips unless also diabetic ... as you risk causing ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare