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Valproic Acid in the ICU for Agitation and Delirium
Up to 70% of ICU patients experience agitation
Valproic Acid in the ICU ... 70% of ICU patients ... efficacy Proposed ICU ... outside of the ICU ... #Delirium #pharmacology
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Pain, Agitation, ... the ICU Triad ( ... A dissociative drug ... #Agitation #Delirium ... #diagnosis #management
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
ICU Defining ... Drug-induced delirium ... theABofPharmaC #ICU ... #Delirium #pharmacology ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
aka AV canal defect aka endocardial cushion defect
 • Epidemiology and Associations
 • Embryology
Embryology • Anatomy ... Post-Operative ICU ... endocardial #cushion #diagnosis ... management #peds #pediatrics ... #cardiology
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
in the ICU Remove ... if uncontrolled pain ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... severe nocturnal agitation ... Management #Treatment #MICU
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Epigastric abdominal pain ... surgery, Trauma, Drugs ... PUD (posterior), Anatomic ... ileus), consider pain-dose ... ketamine (ICU);