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Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Delirium in the ICU ... - Earplugs & eye ... Delirium #Checklist #Management ... #Treatment #MICU ... #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 #
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
patients need inotrope ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare # ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... Clinical construct ... recognition and treatment ... #SIRS #criticalcare ... #icu
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
will vary with clinical ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare # ... diagnosis #management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
May have typical HF ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... support for patients clinically ... therapy, including inotropes ... #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... specific therapy, the clinician ... intensive care unit (ICU ... #management #neurology
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
The ECF and ICF ... The ICF responds ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis ... #treatment #pharmacology
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
effects in the treatment ... hypokalemia, negative inotrope ... tolerable • Limited clinical ... #valleyfever #management ... comparison #table #pharmacology
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
effects in the treatment ... hypokalemia, negative inotrope ... Weaknesses: Limited clinical ... Coccidioidomycosis #pharmacology ... #management #treatment