9 results
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
1) Determine type ... Distributive: Sepsis ... #inopressors #diagnosis ... #management #comparison ... #table
Common Vasopressors and Inotropes
Norepinephrine (NE)
 - Indication: Distributive shock (1st line for septic shock), Cardiogenic shock
(1st line for septic ... be used in all types ... Inotropes #comparison #table ... #pharmacology # ... criticalcare
Vasopressors and Inotropes
 • Norepinephrine - Levophed - "Levo" - Generally thought of as the first
Angiotensin - "Ang II" - Sepsis ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #management ... #criticalcare # ... summary #comparison #table ... #pharmacology #
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
Shock Types - Classification ... - Most common type ... • Septic → dysregulated ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
• Most common type ... • Septic → dysregulated ... Classification #Types ... #diagnosis #management ... warm #wet #dry #table
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
strategy as for septic ... shock (e.g. moderate ... limit them as able ... Pancreatitis #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
, Shock, Hypoxia ... Consider Sepsis, ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
on the heart (Sepsis ... , Shock, Hypoxia ... Consider Sepsis, ... #diagnosis #management ... foamed #algorithm #criticalcare