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Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
esp in work-up/management ... current clinical status ... Admissions #ICU #Pearls ... #Checklist #diagnosis ... #workup #criticalcare
Management of Convulsive Status Epilepticus in children
Stabilization Phase (Seizure 0-5 minutes):
 • Check and maintain ABC
Management of Convulsive ... maintain ABC (airway ... Early Status Epilepticus ... #neurology #pediatrics ... #peds #algorithm
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... - Consider early ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... procainamide, statins ... #Management #CriticalCare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... of a difficult airway ... - Oral cavity/Airway ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Outer Cannula - stays ... Surgical management ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Myasthenia Gravis - Summary
 • an autoimmune disease of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction associated with antibodies
in men Diagnosis ... myasthenia usually • Starts ... of diagnosis. ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Post-Intubation Pre-Departure Checklist - COVID19
1. If intubated, CONFIRM ETT PLACEMENT -> EtCO2
   - If
Pre-Departure Checklist ... TRANSPORT + HiOX mask ... AlRWAY EQUIPMENT ... #COVID19 #CriticalCare ... #Management
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
myasthenia Diagnosis ... immunologic assay - MuSK ... immunosuppressants - Meds ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis ... #management #neurology
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Neonate

WHY CPAP? 
• Maintain airway patency 
• Helps avoid alveoli
• Maintain airway ... and fit of the mask ... B -Monitor RR, Sats ... CPAP #Neonate #Management ... #ABCs #ABCDE #Peds