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Post Intubation Checklist
Airway
 - Inflate balloon 
 - Note tube depth 
 - Secure the tube
Post Intubation ... Checklist Airway ... PostIntubation #Checklist ... #CriticalCare # ... ABCs #Management
Syphilis Serologic Testing - Treponemal and Non-Treponemal Testing Algorithms
Treponemal Testing:
 • Confirmatory or Screening - Detection
Definitive • High Cost ... • FTA-ABS, MHA-TP ... Serologic #Testing #diagnosis ... NonTreponemal #microbiology ... #infectiousdiseases
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
Post-Intensive Care ... Domain: Anxiety, PTSD ... titration (RASS) #Post ... Syndrome #PICS #diagnosis ... #management #criticalcare
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Aerosol is the most ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology # ... infectiousdiseases
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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and Management ... (suppurative); Most ... #management #treatment ... #infectiousdiseases ... #microbiology
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... #management #treatment ... #microbiology # ... infectiousdiseases
Disseminated Gonococcal Infection - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Bacteremic spread of the Gram-negative diplococci Neisseria gonorrhoeae. History
and Management ... Laboratory Diagnosis ... Syndrome: • Most ... #Management #Microbiology ... #InfectiousDiseases
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... esp in work-up/management ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... #diagnosis #workup ... #criticalcare
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Monitoring - Most ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare
Intraoperative Sepsis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Severe sepsis (hypotension persisting after initial fluid challenge of
1 if infection most ... within 1 h (seek microbiology ... Discuss ongoing management ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management