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Delirium in the ICU

Defining delirium
Types of delirium
Consequences of delirium
Reversible causes of delirium
Drug-induced delirium
Non-pharmacologic management of delirium
Pharmacologic
Delirium in the ICU ... causes of delirium Drug-induced ... theABofPharmaC #ICU ... #management #criticalcare ... #diagnosis
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Pain, Agitation, ... A dissociative drug ... No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare # ... diagnosis #management
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Delirium in the ICU ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... severe nocturnal agitation ... Delirium #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Acute dystonia ... Antiparkinsonian agents are diagnostic ... not anxiety or "agitation ... #SideEffects #pharmacology ... #management
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
Ischemia? ... Patients DIE: Drugs ... #bradycardia #diagnosis ... #differential #management ... #cardiology
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Acute Pancreatitis ... surgery, Trauma, Drugs ... Familial, Infectious, Ischemia ... pain-dose ketamine (ICU ... #Diagnosis #Management
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Temp • ACS • Drugs ... • Myocardial ischemia ... Chagas disease • Acute ... #causes #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
#algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... #icu #clinical ... #pharmacology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
myasthenia Diagnosis ... : - Bedside: ice ... aspiration and acute ... precipitated by: Drugs ... #management #neurology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
the setting of acute ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... physiological response to acute ... #diagnosis #management ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare