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Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
will vary with clinical ... it should not cause ... dissociative drug, it causes ... #CriticalCare # ... diagnosis #management
Diplopia - Differential Diagnosis
Step 1: Consider Stroke
Step 2: Diplopia PLUS
 - Cavernous Sinus Syndrome
 - Infection
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Increased ICP ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Schema
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Causes of Hypernatremia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... (see Polyuria scheme ... • Burns • ICU ... #Algorithm #Causes
Diplopia - Double Vision - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Clinical Pearls:
 • Diplopia is almost always binocular.
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Clinical ... a mass as the cause ... Migraine is a diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Approach to Altered Level of Consciousness - Workup
Clinical Exam - Focal
 • Trauma
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Causes of Approach ... Hemorrhage • Ischemia ... #ALOC #Workup #diagnosis ... #workup #algorithm ... #Causes
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
criteria required to diagnose ... mm is needed to cause ... - Myocardial ischemia ... might support the diagnosis ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... organ dysfunction caused ... Clinical construct ... #QSOFA #SIRS #criticalcare ... #icu
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... #icu #clinical
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
COVID-19 Adult Clinical ... Cardiac: multiple case ... % if severe or ICU ... Evaluation #Guide #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Protocol
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #