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Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
/management of shock ... #Admitting #Admissions ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... #diagnosis #workup ... #criticalcare
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Shock - Diagnosis ... SBP drop >40, MAP ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... #Summary #criticalcare ... #treatment #workup
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
prevention - Early ... guide targeted treatments ... Delirium screening (CAM-ICU ... Syndrome #PICS #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... infection SEPTIC SHOCK ... recognition and treatment ... #QSOFA #SIRS #criticalcare ... #icu
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... Shock can be broken ... Cardiac Tamponade, Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... guyton #curves #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... & Dry) is the treatment ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... #icu #clinical
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... management #cardiology #treatment
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
with walking to nearly ... bulbar muscles DIAGNOSIS ... and cauda equina TREATMENT ... intensive care unit (ICU ... ventilation is required
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Inner Cannula - can ... hemorrhage will be required ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... differential #management #pulmonary ... #criticalcare #
Cryptococcal meningitis on T2 MRI
30 M from sub-Saharan Africa presents w/ progressive Headache x1 mo, +neck
Diagnosis? ... of prior silent pulmonary ... Standard treatment ... drained at time of diagnosis ... decreased by 70% Early