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ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... by attaching a table ... to your airway checklist ... Intubation #Airway #Checklist ... #TidalVolumes #Table
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... tox/infectious workup ... Substantially reduced ... nonconvuIsive status #Checklist ... Delirium #Evaluation #Workup
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
Diarrhea Workup ... and Management Algorithm ... IS medications *Reduce ... #Diarrhea #Workup ... #Management #Algorithm
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
trolley and lipid rescue ... Hyperventilation may help reduce ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm • ... Occlusion • Stable ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... - Infectious workup ... glycopyrrolate to reduce ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
is generally to reduce ... the patient's work ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
final attempt at rescue ... Call for airway rescue ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
until patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... Diagnosis #Management #Workup
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Some tumors produce ... you’ll do a good workup ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #workup #hematology