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Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Liver function test ... - Review of medication ... balance >3-4 liters positive ... limit them as able ... #CriticalCare
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER/TEST ... Awake o Pre-Medication ... /INDUCTION o Position ... intubation #checklist #criticalcare ... #airway #management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Noninvasive Positive ... & Inspiratory Positive ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #criticalcare # ... management
Landau's Reaction (Reflex)  on Physical Exam

Landau's reaction is investigated holding the baby firmly under the
the extension position ... child will be able ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #Neurology ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Diuresis in Critical Care - Achieving a Negative Fluid Balance
Advantages Of A Negative Fluid Balance:
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1.19x per liter of positive ... CONCENTRATION MEDICATIONS ... REMOVE UNECCESARY MEDS ... Fluid #Balance #management ... #criticalcare
Dix-HaIlpike Maneuver
 • Turn head to 45° and then rapidly lay patient to a supine position
patient to a supine position ... 20° over end of table ... The test is positive ... HaIlpike #Maneuver #neurology ... vertigo #bppv #management
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
spleen, brain) Indications ... Persistent fever, positive ... Internet Book of Critical ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
HIV PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) - Truvada 

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is available in the form of
single once-daily tablet ... meet with their clinician ... & side effect management ... Adherence to the daily medication ... Truvada #Monitoring #Management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Skin lesions • Positive ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
esp in work-up/management ... NOTES: The last clinic ... the Pt's current clinical ... Urine Pregnancy Test ... diagnosis #workup #criticalcare