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Difficult Airway Assessment - LEMON Mnemonic

 - Look Externally
 - Evaluate
 - Mallampati
 - Obstruction or
or Obesity - Neck ... Mobility #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare #
Managing Pain, Anxiety and Delirium in the ICU

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#Pain #Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare #Comparison #Management
in the ICU Nick ... Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare ... Comparison #Management #Diagnosis
Swan Ganz - Pulmonary Artery Catheter Basics

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#PA #SwanGanz #Pulmonary #Artery #Catheter #Basics #Diagnosis
Catheter Basics Nick ... Catheter #Basics #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Ventilator Waveform Troubleshooting - High Peak Pressures

This OnePager explains how you can rapidly determine if High
Nick Mark MD @nickmmark ... PeakPressures #Waveforms #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Effect of different head positions on upper airway dimensions 
 - Atlanto-occipital Extension 
 - Neutral
Cervical #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #XRay #Neck #Comparison
Enteral Nutrition - ICU One Pager
 • When to start enteral feeds
 • When NOT to
Jejunal by Nick ... Enteral #Nutrition #criticalcare ... #pharmacology #diagnosis
Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
ratio < 300 Nick ... Acute #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
proportionally larger • Neck ... Differences #Anatomical #CriticalCare ... #Intubation #Diagnosis
Cervical Lymphadenopathy - Lymph Node Drainage
Preauricular nodes - Drain scalp, skin
 • Differential diagnosis: Scalp infections,
• Differential diagnosis ... lymphomas, head and neck ... - Drain scalp, neck ... of the head and neck ... oropharynx, anterior neck
Diagnostic Testing for Meningitis
History:
 • Triad: Fever, neck stiffness, and altered mental status
 • Sens: 44%
Diagnostic Testing ... Triad: Fever, neck ... Passively flex neck ... #Meningitis #diagnosis ... #Specificity #diagnosis