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Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
Checklist Approach ... changes (especially QT ... incongruous with clinical ... #Hypokalemia #Management ... #CriticalCare
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Intubation only if clinically ... (vital signs, clinical ... subjective dyspnea, etc ... #Management #CriticalCare
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
-19 Intubation Checklist ... depth • High dose ... paralytic (e.g. ... #SARSCoV2 #Management ... #CriticalCare #
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
esp in work-up/management ... NOTES: The last clinic ... the Pt's current clinical ... depending on the clinical ... diagnosis #workup #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... range of possible clinical ... determined based on two clinical ... ECG is vital while ... #icu #clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
event, follow ACC algorithm ... indicated • EKG ... Obtain EKG if: ... Change in clinical ... medical and surgical management
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
particularly those coming ... Diagnosis = clinical ... broad category and does ... vision changes, etc ... Symptoms #Diagnosis #Management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #clinica ... l#foamed #algorithm ... #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... Even during the ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare