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Neurological Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs
Acute dystonia - Spasm of muscles of tongue, face, neck, back
Antipsychotic Drugs ... are diagnostic ... months or years of treatment ... months or years of treatment ... #SideEffects #pharmacology
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Delirium in the ICU ... Review recent events ... - Relevant drug ... Evaluation #Workup #MICU ... #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 ... #Delirium #pharmacology ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Kidney Injury • Drug ... 24-72 hours of drug ... • Treatment includes ... Vancomycin #AKI #pharmacology ... #toxicology #diagnosis
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Delirium (PAD) in the ICU ... Addressing the ICU ... A dissociative drug ... non-OTC prolonging agent ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Temp • ACS • Drugs ... • ICP / Infections ... nodal blocking agents ... #causes #cardiology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... immune deficiency, Drugs ... Unknown cause Treatment ... of emergency, ICU ... #management #treatment
Causes of Myocarditis 
1. Infectious Myocarditis
 • Bacterial - Staphylococcus, Streptococcus, Pneumococcus, Meningococcus, Gonococcus, Salmonella, Corynebacterium
Blastomyces, Candida, Coccidioides ... Drugs: Penicillin ... beri-beri • Physical agents ... #differential #diagnosis ... #cardiology
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Pancreatitis - Diagnosis ... surgery, Trauma, Drugs ... PUD (posterior), Anatomic ... pain-dose ketamine (ICU ... #Management #Treatment
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
ENT, ICU). ❹ Call ... neuromuscular blocking drug ... the laryngeal anatomy ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis