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Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity ... - Diagnosis and ... if: 1) Patient ... no respiratory cause ... Pulmonary edema, Shock
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone half life ... Fever 4. ... of lipid-laden 'foamy ... Exclude other causes ... #management #Toxicology
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
tool to assess level ... it should not cause ... glycol (solvent) toxicity ... Delirium #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
dysfunction (16%) • Shock ... dL) - Heparin if ... #Coagulation #diagnosis ... #causes #treatment ... #management #hematology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... dilate further if ... #diagnosis #management ... cardiology #clinica l#foamed ... #algorithm #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... treatment #table #foamed ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
• Dyspnea • Fever ... lymph node biopsy (diagnostic ... marrow biopsy - if ... Hodgkins #lymphoma #diagnosis ... #oncology #management
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
this post will focus ... K+ in the ECF causes ... easily be fatal if ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis