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Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
explained by another process ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
ProCESS Investigator - A Randomized Trial of Protocol-Based Care for Early Septic Shock

N Engl J Med
ProCESS Investigator ... Alvin Chin #ProCESS ... Threshold #EBM #Management
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
impact of basic management ... throughout the process ... difficult airway management ... feasibility of basic management ... #CriticalCare #Management
American College of Critical Care Medicine algorithm for time-sensitive, goal-directed stepwise management of hemodynamic support in
goal-directed stepwise management ... Proceed to next ... shock not reversed proceed ... Pediatrics #Sepsis #Management
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Diagnosis and Management ... breath • May progress ... Ketoacidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Posterior Elbow Dislocation
The elbow is the second most commonly dislocated major joint in adults and the
head > coronoid process ... fracture + coronoid process ... fracture • ED Management ... XRay #Diagnosis #Management
PECARN Head CT Decision Aid

The Head CT Choice decision aid was developed in Rochester, Minnesota. Full
details of this process ... (Figure 2) #Management
Pharmaceutical Management of Hyperthyroidism / Thyroid Storm
Beta-Blockers 
• Decreases sympathetic hyperactivity 
• Partially blocks peripheral conversion
Pharmaceutical Management ... treat autoimmune process ... #ThyroidStorm #Management
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Symptoms:
• Abdominal pain
• Nausea
• Polyuria
• Polydipsia
• Vomiting
• Weight loss
•
Diagnosis and Management ... breath • May progress ... Ketoacidosis #Diagnosis #Management
N95 Facemask Respirator - Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI) Protocol
Process for Decontamination and Reuse

UNMC Division of Infectious
UVGI) Protocol Process ... Decontamination #Reuse #Management