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Valproic Acid in the ICU for Agitation and Delirium
Up to 70% of ICU patients experience agitation
the ICU for Agitation ... to 70% of ICU patients ... efficacy Proposed ICU ... outside of the ICU ... #pharmacology #
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
in the ICU Initial ... glucose - Review ... medication list - Review ... - Relevant drug ... Evaluation #Workup #MICU
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 ... Pharmacologic ... theABofPharmaC #ICU ... #Delirium #pharmacology
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITIES IN INTENSIVE CARE

Antibiotic spectra made simple(r). Version 2, now updated with new bugs &
with new bugs & drugs ... Susceptibilities #ICU ... CriticalCare #Overview ... #Pharmacology # ... Comprehensive Review
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
(PAD) in the ICU ... Addressing the ICU ... assessment of the ICU ... : assess (CAM-ICU ... A dissociative drug
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
for Treatment of Delirium ... in the ICU Remove ... possible - Review ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... Management #Treatment #MICU
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

Mechanism: Inhibit glucan synthesis in fungal cell wall by blocking
Antibiotics Class Overview ... vs Candida -> Drug ... But higher MICs ... Anidulafungin #Pharmacology ... #Antibiotics #Review