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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway Algorithm ... • Difficult mask ... Consider the relative ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #CriticalCare #
Modified Hyponatremia Algorithm
Hypertonic Hyponatremia: Hyperglycemia, Mannitol, Urologic irrigants
Hypotonic Hyponatremia: 
 • ADH ON (UOsm > 100):
Modified Hyponatremia Algorithm ... ON (UNa < 30): Hypovolemia ... #Hyponatremia #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #sodium ... #nephrology
Physiologic Approach to Hypotonic Hyponatremia
The next time you have a case of hypotonic hyponatremia, give the
normal volume-based algorithm ... (or too little relative ... Present (Uosm ≥100): Hypovolemia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Type A: Impaired O2 Delivery (DO2)
 • Decreased O2 Delivery: Hypotension
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hypotension & Hypovolemia ... toxic alcohols, Sodium ... acidosis with negative ... #criticalcare #
Hyponatremia - Differential Algorithm
Isotonic Hyponatremia: Hyperlipidemia, Hyperproteinemia, Recent TURP
Hypotonic Hyponatremia: 
 • Hypovolemia: Diuretics/Nephropathies, Vomiting, Diarrhea,
- Differential Algorithm ... Hyponatremia: • Hypovolemia ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #causes ... #nephrology #sodium
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... patient causing hypovolemia ... have achieved negative ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
EEG/Bispectral Index (BIS) Monitoring - Neuromuscular Blockade

 • Use EEG/BIS monitor to ensure sedation depth is
quasi-empiric measure of anesthesia ... Bispectral index is an algorithmic ... Blockade #NMB #neurology ... #criticalcare # ... diagnosis