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Hypertension and Altered Mental Status (AMS) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Hypertension:
 • Hypertensive emergency
 • Hypertensive encephalopathy
- Differential Diagnosis ... Seizures/NCSE • Delirium ... /agitation • CNS ... withdrawal • Opioid ... #causes
Delirium in the ICU

Defining delirium
Types of delirium
Consequences of delirium
Reversible causes of delirium
Drug-induced delirium
Non-pharmacologic management of delirium
Pharmacologic
Reversible causes ... of delirium Drug-induced ... management of delirium ... management of delirium ... #diagnosis
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Opioids: • Fentanyl ... A dissociative drug ... No pharmacologic ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis ... #management
Taken from Dr Motov's work on a CERTA regime.
This is published in conjunction with the CERTA
other than just opioid ... @Gas_Craic #Management ... #Pharmacology # ... NonOpioid #Opiate ... PainSyndromes #Pathways #Table
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
Clinical Opioid ... attributed to opiate ... Use Treatment (SHOUT ... ) #COWS #Opiate ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis
Serotonin Syndrome: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Serotonin Syndrome: Variable combination of mental status changes, autonomic instability, and
ingestion and most cases ... valporate, lithium), opioids ... weight loss agents, drugs ... pressured speech, delirium ... make a clinical diagnosis
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Rhabdomyolysis = Destruction of skeletal muscle with leakage of contents into circulation.
exercise, Seizures, Delirium ... Lipid-lowering drugs ... Colchicine, Alcohol, Opioids ... #Causes #nephrology ... #table