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Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
steroids to treat infectious ... jirovecii pneumonia, id ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Treatment
An Algorithm for the Management of Seizures

The management of active seizures is algorithmic, starting with a
the Management ... Seizures The management ... assessment of airway ... nasopharyngeal airway ... Pharmacologic treatment
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... sound over central airways ... Consolidation (Infection ... Noisy #Breathing #differential ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Diagnostic Schema Infectious ... Allergic, Post-infectious ... Foreign Body Airway ... Acute #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Hemoptysis Differential ... malformation Pulmonary - Airway ... Tuberculosis, Fungal infection ... #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #algorithm
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
define the type of infection ... Consult ID if needed ... ampicillin #management ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Algorithm Stridor ... - Upper airway ... Movement - Lower airway ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential
Bradycardia Diagnostic and Management Algorithm

CONSIDER ETIOLOGY (not inclusive): 
 - STRUCTURAL: sick sinus, AV block, ischemia,
Diagnostic and Management ... Algorithm CONSIDER ... dissection - INFECTIOUS ... #Bradycardia #Algorithm ... #Differential
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
Pilot balloon ... inner diameter (ID ... The ID and OD sizes ... Surgical management ... Emergencies #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Malignancy Infectious ... Myasthenia Gravis Pharmacologic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm