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Confusion assessment method for the ICU (CAM-ICU) Flow sheet. 
#Diagnosis #Nursing #CAMICU #ConfusionAssessmentMethod #IntensiveCareUnit
Confusion assessment ... #Diagnosis #Nursing ... #CAMICU #ConfusionAssessmentMethod
Figure 1: CAM-ICU flow sheet. Courtesy of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, 2002. Used with permission. CAM-ICU
CAM-ICU = Confusion Assessment ... #Diagnosis #Nursing ... #CAMICU #ConfusionAssessmentMethod
COWS Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale
Score: 
5-12 mild; 13-24 moderate; 25-36 moderately severe; more than 36 =
COWS Clinical Opiate ... Buprenorphine #Nursing ... #Assessment #Score
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
ICU Initial assessment ... Evaluation #Workup #MICU ... #CriticalCare #
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... assessment • 0 ... assessment • 0 ... Diagnosis #Addiction #Nursing ... #Assessment
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
dexmedetomidine during ... Reorientation during ... Management #Treatment #MICU ... #CriticalCare
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
• During apnea ... : • If using ... • If using ... Internet Book of Critical ... SARSCoV2 #Management #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... an “objective assessment ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
CRIES is a 10-point scale, using a physiologic basis similar to APGAR: Crying; Requires increased oxygen
10-point scale, using ... in the ED, the clinician ... PostOperative #Assessment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... range of possible clinical ... The assessment of ... then be excreted using ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare