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TTH48 - Targeted Temperature Management for 48 vs 24 Hours and Neurologic Outcome After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac
vs 24 Hours and Neurologic ... admitted to the ICU ... #TTM48 #TTH48 #CriticalCare ... #ICU #VisualAbstract ... #EBM
POLAR Randomized Clinical Trial - Effect of Early Sustained Prophylactic Hypothermia on Neurologic Outcomes Among Patients
Hypothermia on Neurologic ... did not improve neurologic ... Hypothermia #TBI #CriticalCare ... #ICU #VisualAbstract ... #EBM
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Richmond Agitation ... it should not cause ... dissociative drug, it causes ... #CriticalCare # ... diagnosis #management
Sepsis - Diagnosis and Management
Life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by a dysregulated host response to infection
SEPTIC SHOCK
Sepsis - Diagnosis ... organ dysfunction caused ... likelihood of prolonged ICU ... #QSOFA #SIRS #criticalcare ... #icu
Causes of Proteinuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Persistent Proteinuria >150mg/d protein present on repeat testing including overnight
- Differential Diagnosis ... Glomerular Proteinuria (Positive ... proliferative • Anti-GBM ... #Proteinuria #Nephrology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Creatine Kinase - Causes ... (COVID19, CMV/EBV ... Illness Myopathy (ICU ... Subacute to Chronic Causes ... #differential #diagnosis
ICU Pre-Rounding Bundle Checklist
VITALS: trends!
 • Important to know if the pt is getting better or
ICU Pre-Rounding ... goal (+/- CAM-ICU ... BMs (know last BM ... / TUBES: know gauges ... Bundle #Checklist #CriticalCare
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Pathophysiology: Triggering factor (infection,...)→Activation of CD8 T cells (IFN-y) → Excessive activation of macrophages
Auto-amplification loop Diagnosis ... Infections+++: Virus (EBV ... biologics (CMV +++, EBV ... Drugs, Unknown cause ... of emergency, ICU
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
and Mg2+ whose positive ... must now lose a positive ... K+ in the ECF causes ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #management #diagnosis
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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Viruses (HSV, EBV ... Miller-Fisher GBS; Positive ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Causes #Neurology