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Boxer's Fracture - ED Management
Be sure to assess for wounds in patients with fractures of the
Boxer's Fracture ... ED Management: Pain ... reduce if needed (using ... open wound, must update ... Radiology #XRay #Diagnosis
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... if uncontrolled pain ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #Delirium #Checklist ... Treatment #MICU #CriticalCare
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Drugs to avoid (main ... ones) - Antibiotics ... #Management #CriticalCare
Work Shifting - Mechanical Ventilation
Why the new term:
Synchrony issues, by definition, have to do with timing.
During inspiration ... cycle) the main ... Troubleshooting #diagnosis ... #criticalcare # ... pulmonary
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... with presence of pulmonary ... then be excreted using ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
abdomen if abdominal pain ... ANC rising > 500 ... → may stop antibiotics ... renal failure, pulmonary ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... Diagnostic tests ... Antibiotics - ... lab-confirmed influenza, pulmonary ... #Management #CriticalCare
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
evidence of bilateral pulmonary ... not to be the main ... Onset during or ... #Criteria #pulmonary ... #criticalcare