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Key Antibiotics in the ICU

- Dr. Josh Farkas @PulmCrit

#Antibiotics #ICU #CriticalCare #Antibiogram #Pharmacology #Management #sensitivities
Antibiotics in the ICU ... #Antibiotics #ICU ... #Antibiogram #Pharmacology ... #Management #sensitivities
The 2019 Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA) treatment strategy figure for adults and adolescents, annotated to
ICS: inhaled corticosteroids ... ; SABA: short-acting ... long-acting β2-agonists; OCS ... #GINA #Asthma #Management ... Stepwise #Pulmonary #StepUp
Asthma GINA Guidelines 2019 
If Asthma is uncontrolled, first assess for adherence and inhaler technique -Then,
First step is to ... then a low dose ICS ... ICS/LABA combos ... strength of the ICS ... Stepwise #Guidelines #Management
Chart of Inhalers for Asthma and COPD
 - SABA - Short Acting Beta-2 Agonists
 - SAMA
COPD - SABA - Short ... Combination - ICS ... Combination - ICS ... Corticosteroid - ICS ... #respiratory #pharmacology
Asthma Maintenance Therapy - Stepwise Approach 

Low dose ICS 
-> Low dose ICS/LABA or Med/High dose
at a low dose ICS ... increase the dose of ICS ... nonpharmacologic management ... Stepwise #Therapy #Management ... #Pharmacology #
Enteral Nutrition - ICU One Pager
 • When to start enteral feeds
 • When NOT to
Enteral Nutrition - ICU ... #criticalcare #icu ... #pharmacology # ... diagnosis #management
Stepwise approach for managing asthma in youths greater than 12 years of age and adults as
by the use of short-acting ... environmental control and management ... are as follows: ICS ... 152(4):232-7 #Management ... Therapy #LABA #ICS
Update on the ED Management of Intracranial Hemorrhage: Not All Head Bleeds Are the Same -
Update on the ED Management ... Summary Table on the Management ... Hemorrhages #Management ... Summary #Table #ICH ... IntracranialHemorrhages #ALiEM
Inhaled Corticosteroid Inhaler Strengths
Beclomethasone	Qvar	100-200	>200400	>400
Budesonide	Pulmicort	200-400	>400-800	>800
Ciclesonide	Alvesco	80-160	>160-320	>320
Fluticasone furoate	Arnuity Ellipta	100	n/a	200
Fluticasone dipropionate	Flovent	100-250	>250-500	>500
Mometasone fuorate	Asmanex	110-220	>220-440	>440

Asthma maintenance inhalers should always include an inhaled corticosteroid
corticosteroid (ICS ... depending on what step ... overview of what ICS ... Corticosteroid #ICS ... Strengths #Doses #Pharmacology
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... further evaluation is ... long-acting β2-agonist; ICS ... #Management #Pulmonary ... GOLD2017 #LAMA #LABA #ICS