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Key Antibiotics in the ICU

- Dr. Josh Farkas @PulmCrit

#Antibiotics #ICU #CriticalCare #Antibiogram #Pharmacology #Management #sensitivities
Key Antibiotics ... @PulmCrit #Antibiotics ... #ICU #CriticalCare ... #Pharmacology #Management ... #sensitivities
DSI Checklist

#Management #CriticalCare #Airway #DelayedSequence #DSI #Intubation #Checklist #HEAVEN #Mnemonic
DSI Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... DSI #Intubation #Checklist ... #HEAVEN #Mnemonic
FAST HUGS BID - ICU Checklist Mnemonic
F - Feeding
A - Analgesia
S - Sedation
T - Thromboprophylaxis
H -
HUGS BID - ICU Checklist ... Mnemonic F - Feeding ... De-escalation of Antibiotics ... #Mnemonic #management ... #criticalcare
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Extubation Checklist ... Mnemonic - MASCOTS ... Oxygenation (O2 stable ... #criticalcare # ... management
Rich Levitan teaches the VAPORS pneumonic: a quick run-through of the main issues to sort prior
teaches the VAPORS pneumonic ... from Scotland #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... Intubation #VAPORS #Mnemonic ... #Checklist
Coverage of common antibiotics used in the hospital

For empiric coverage, first define the type of infection,
Coverage of common antibiotics ... ampicillin #management ... infectiousdisease #antibiotics ... pharmacology #table ... #sensitivities
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... course • Adjust antibiotics ... on speciation & sensitivities ... #criticalcare # ... diagnosis #management
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
by attaching a table ... to your airway checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Intubation #Airway #Checklist ... #TidalVolumes #Table
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... checklist Evaluation ... limit them as able ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist ... #CriticalCare
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
will represent antibiotics ... from above the antibiotic ... #pharmacology #management ... #spectrum #table ... #sensitivities