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Running out of Analgesia and Sedation Medications due to #COVID19?  Anand Swaminathan, MD has put
treatment #sarscov2 #criticalcare ... #coronavirus #medications ... #sedation #sedative
How does the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (nCoV2019) compare to Ebola, SARS, MERS? Cases and Deaths
Weighing diseases
the 2019 Novel Coronavirus ... remains stable ... 15,158 deaths SARS coronavirus ... 813 deaths MERS coronavirus ... nCoV2019 #Novel #Coronavirus
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Drug fever #relative ... #bradycardia #Causes ... infectiousdiseases #table
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 2

Stephen R. Benton, PA-C @pagethepa

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #CTChest #Clinical #CriticalCare #GroundGlass #CoronaVirus
-19 Chest CT - Case ... CTChest #Clinical #CriticalCare ... #GroundGlass #CoronaVirus
Reproductive Number (R0 "R Naught") showing how contagious / transmissible a pathogen is.  The R0
nCoV2019 novel coronavirus ... Ebola) and their case-fatality ... % 2019 novel coronavirus ... take into account case-fatality ... #comparison #table
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
your grand rounds/cases ... strep - Gram-negatives ... metapneumovirus - Coronavirus ... #Microbiology #Causes
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Oxygenation (O2 stable ... - Tube feeds (Pause ... (Sedation off, passes ... Mnemonic #MASCOTS #criticalcare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
exacerbation (any cause ... Classification #Table ... #CriticalCare
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
class (30-day all cause ... Hemodynamics (Stable ... stratification #criticalcare
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
set of symptoms) caused ... methylphenidate (Ritalin) - Sedative-Hypnotic ... Toxidromes #Comparison #Table