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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Algorithm 1. ... intubation • ... choices: • Awake intubation ... vs. intubation ... initial approach to intubation
The checklist is 2-sided laminated sheet attached to the airway trolley in our ICU. The top
checklist on side 1 ... #CriticalCare #Difficult ... #Airway #Intubation
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult ... common reason: 1) ... Redundant Colon 2) Difficult ... • Higher cecal intubation ... #Incomplete #Difficult
Status Epilepticus - Management
Seizure > 5 mins or two seizures without complete recovery between them
PEDS
Benzo Dose
PEDS Benzo Dose 1 ... Infusion - Consider Intubation ... seizures #management #treatment ... peds #pediatrics #neurology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Presentation: • Incubation ... is 1 to 6 weeks ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
Presentation: • Incubation ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... : 1) Liposomal ... mg/kg on days 1- ... #infectiousdiseases
Capnocytophaga
Pathogen: Capnocytophaga
 • 9 species, C. canimorsus responsible for the majority of infections
 • Gram-negative rod,
Presentation: • Incubation ... period is 1-5 days ... Treatment: • 50% ... microbiology #zoonotic #infectiousdiseases ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... Culture & GS, PCR Treatment ... Moderate Disease: 1) ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases
Treatment of hyperkalemia via kaliuresis 
step 1 = volume resuscitation if hypovolemic
step 2 = consider fludrocortisone
step
Treatment of hyperkalemia ... kaliuresis step 1 ... #criticalcare #treatment ... diuretics #diuresis #nephrology
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile ... Epidemiology: • #1 ... 10 mg/kg IV x 1 ... Clostridioides #Difficile ... #infectiousdiseases