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ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... by attaching a table ... to your airway checklist ... Intubation #Airway #Checklist ... #TidalVolumes #Table
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Tube Placement Checklist ... Position Patient o Monitoring ... the tube as it passes ... o Secure tube using ... #ChestTube #Checklist
Angiotensin Receptor Blockers 
Recommended Dose Conversions 

Valsartan 
Irbesartan 
Losartan 
Olmesartan 
Telmisartan 
Candesartan 
Azilsartan 
Eprosartan 

A few
class is still going ... refresher, important monitoring ... ARB #Conversion #Table ... #Dosing #Pharmacology
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
reservoir bag moving ... ventilator bellows moving ... airway pressure using ... pressure as a cause ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Extubation Checklist ... Oxygenation (O2 stable ... - Tube feeds (Pause ... (Sedation off, passes ... #Extubation #Checklist
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
reservoir bag moving ... hypercarbia as causes ... intra-arterial monitoring ... syndrome) • Medical causes ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring ... - Intermittent dosing ... Pharmacology #Diagnosis #Table ... #Monitoring #Timing
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
 - 
Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... frequent Bp cuff monitoring ... dexmedetomidine during ... Reorientation during ... #Delirium #Checklist
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Anaesthesia Using ... should identify any cause ... surgery related cause ... reservoir bag moving ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Warfarin to DOAC and DOAC to Warfarin Transitions 

Here are a couple of charts to help
DOACs for easier dosing ... and monitoring. ... #Pharmacology #Table