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American College of Critical Care Medicine algorithm for time-sensitive, goal-directed stepwise management of hemodynamic support in
Care Medicine algorithm ... the first hour/emergency ... #Shock #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare # ... Peds #Pediatrics
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
mm is needed to cause ... - Myocardial ischemia ... chronic renal failure ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #
Outpatient Hypertension Management Algorithm
Monotherapy: 
 • Thiazide/thiazide-like 
 • ACE-I (non-black patients), 
 • ARB
Algorithm Monotherapy ... Hypertensive Urgency/Emergency ... Hemorrhage • Acute Ischemic ... Left Ventricular Failure ... Injury • Pre-Eclampsia
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
-> multiorgan failure ... anaphylaxis, toxins/meds ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
-> multiorgan failure ... anaphylaxis, toxins/meds ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #causes
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Guidelines for Crises ... patients with a pre-existing ... especially in heart failure ... consultation with cardiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Infection/Sepsis/Shock ... agents, Renal failure ... Hypertension/Hypertensive emergency ... the underlying cause ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
if the pt has pre-existing ... heart failure, ... esp in work-up/management ... of shock MICRO ... diagnosis #workup #criticalcare
ECMO Troubleshooting - OnePager Summary
ECMO Emergency Protocol - Team should train/practice & have necessary supplies at
OnePager Summary ECMO Emergency ... help - Return to pre-ECMO ... circuit and can cause ... #differential #management ... #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #