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Antibiotic treatment durations for first line antibiotics recommended by Public Health England (PHE) guidance
 • Acute
Acute sinusitis 7 days ... sore throat 10 days ... slow response • Impetigo ... outpatient #treatment #pharmacology ... #days
Checking Invasive Devices Using Chest X-Rays

- Dr. Alex Psirides @psirides

#Diagnosis #Anatomy #Radiology #CriticalCare #Lines #Devices #Tubes
Using Chest X-Rays ... @psirides #Diagnosis ... Anatomy #Radiology #CriticalCare
Enteral Nutrition - ICU One Pager
 • When to start enteral feeds
 • When NOT to
Enteral #Nutrition #criticalcare ... #icu #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #management
Stress Dose Steroids - Indications and Dosing

SUPPRESSED HPA AXIS:
 prednisone >20mg/day x 3 weeks or more
prednisone >20mg/day ... Endocrinology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Bova score (30-day ... PESI class (30-day ... prognostication #diagnosis ... stratification #criticalcare
Amiodarone Toxicity and Monitoring

Tremor Ataxia 
Ocular neuritis 
Corneal Microdeposits 
Bradycardia 
Pulmonary fibrosis 
Hepatotoxicity 
Blue-gray skin
Half life = 60 days ... SideEffects #Adverse #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
back • Time: 1-5 days ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... • Time: 5-60 days ... • Time: 5-30 days ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... dexmedetomidine during the day ... Reorientation during the day ... Treatment #MICU #CriticalCare
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Incubation time = 4-14 days ... typically (up to 24 days ... emergency 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... COVID19 #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
if started >14 days ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare