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Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
Electrical Storm ES diagnosed ... cardioversion Stable ... of reversible causes ... VT • Normal QTc ... #VTach #diagnosis
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
will vary with clinical ... No pharmacologic ... SE: prolonged QTC ... #CriticalCare # ... diagnosis #management
Delirium in the ICU

Defining delirium
Types of delirium
Consequences of delirium
Reversible causes of delirium
Drug-induced delirium
Non-pharmacologic management of delirium
Pharmacologic
Delirium in the ICU ... delirium Reversible causes ... theABofPharmaC #ICU ... #management #criticalcare ... #diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
on scores and clinical ... class (30-day all cause ... prognostication #diagnosis ... #management #stratification ... #criticalcare #
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Stress ulcerations are common in ICU patients and may lead to hemorrhage if not
are common in ICU ... Pathophysiology • Risk ... Factors • Clinical ... #Prophylaxis #criticalcare ... #pharmacology #
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
determining the risk ... further guide management ... and an initial ECG ... Further diagnostics ... should be guided by clinical
Vasopressors Table 
Rough properties by Target Receptor, Heart Rate/Inotropy, Systemic Vascular Resistance, Cardiac Output, Blood Pressure,
Vasopressors Table ... Resistance, Main Uses ... Internet Book of Critical ... #Pharmacology # ... Effect #Management
Vasopressors and Inotropes
 • Norepinephrine - Levophed - "Levo" - Generally thought of as the first
of shock, HOCM, etc ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #management ... #criticalcare # ... summary #comparison #table ... #pharmacology #
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
causes Hyperkalemia ... with an increased risk ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis ... #treatment #pharmacology
Emergencies related to thyroid gland diseases are infrequently observed in the clinical practice. They are caused
observed in the clinical ... intensive care units (ICU ... new techniques – e.g ... high surgical risk ... DharSaty #Coma, #CriticalCare