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Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
• Cardiogenic: Acute ... MI, Acute Heart ... Arrhythmias / CHB ... inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Delirium in the ICU ... - Relevant drug ... Trauma - Acute ... #CriticalCare # ... Diagnosis
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
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Delirium in the ICU ... c deliriogenic meds ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #Management #Treatment ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
AMS, SOB from CHF ... Ischemia? ... Patients DIE: Drugs ... #bradycardia #diagnosis ... #differential #management
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
- Checklist VITALS ... esp in work-up/management ... #Pearls #Checklist ... #diagnosis #workup ... #criticalcare
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
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
A dissociative drug ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare # ... diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
important to recognize Acute ... #algorithm #management ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare # ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
Neurological symptoms: Acute ... abnormality, Medication/Drug ... syndrome, ADEM, Acute ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... #management #neurology