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Diagnostic approach to the admitted patient with possible COVID-19

Initial evaluation
- Chest X-ray
- Lung ultrasound (thorough "lawn-mower"
Nasopharyngeal PCR ... pathogens (ideally should ... - CBC with differential ... diagnostics as clinically ... iBookCC #COVID19 #algorithm
Phenobarbital monotherapy algorithm for alcohol withdrawal

** EDIT - SEE UPDATED ALGORITHM HERE:
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-Phenobarbital monotherapy has numerous advantages
phenobarbital-monotherapy-withdrawal-management-algorithm-protocol-pulmcrit ... into meaningful clinical ... fails to achieve clinical ... phenobarbital should ... #Management #Alcohol
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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Difficult Airway Algorithm ... likelihood and clinical ... laryngoscopy as an ... Difficult #airway #algorithm ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... Cheat Sheet An ... heart failure should ... cardiogram) should ... #CriticalCare
Hyperkalemia management algorithm 2023-2024 based on UKKA and KDIGO guidelines.

#hyperkalemia #electrolytes #algorithm #emergency #management

Notes:

(1) Up to
Hyperkalemia management ... #emergency #management ... doesn't mean it should ... it's important to pay ... attention to clinical
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Implementation-of-an-evidence-based-algorithm-reduces-blood-culture-overuse-in-an-adult-emergency-department.php ... infections, whose clinical ... blood cultures should ... blood cultures should ... #Management #BloodCultures
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Family engagement Critical ... will vary with clinical ... extubation, as it should ... #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... effusion (MPE) - An ... Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm ... #Management #ATS
Management of Jehovah's Witness patient in ICU 

Clarify which products may be used 
 - Discuss
Management of Jehovah's ... pts will accept PCC ... - All labs should ... limit to mission-critical ... #patient #ICU #CriticalCare
Efforts to standardize the approach to trauma have led to an algorithmic, thoughtless approach to trauma
algorithmic, thoughtless ... useful test and should ... prioritized as the critical ... unstable patients should ... #Management #Trauma