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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
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 ... management of delirium ... theABofPharmaC #ICU ... #Delirium #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 ... - Relevant drug ... tox/infectious workup ... #MICU #CriticalCare
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
) in the ICU Addressing ... the ICU Triad ( ... : assess (CAM-ICU ... A dissociative drug ... #diagnosis #management
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
in the ICU Remove ... possible - Review ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #Management #Treatment ... #MICU #CriticalCare
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
Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
primary maintenance drug ... Here is a review ... nonpharmacologic management ... Stepwise #Therapy #Management ... #Pharmacology #
Antifungal Echinocandins  - Antibiotics Class Overview

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