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Managing Pain, Anxiety and Delirium in the ICU

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#Pain #Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare #Comparison #Management
Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare ... #Comparison #Management
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation - Modes of Mechanical Ventilation - Comparison Table

You now know many modes whether
Ventilation - Comparison ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Variables #Breaths #Comparison
Vasopressors Demystified

Shock comes in many flavors and so do vasopressors. Here’s a OnePager summarizing my approach
Vasopressors #Basics #CriticalCare ... #Management #Pharmacology ... #Comparison #Inotropes
D-Sign of Acute Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Short Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
- Parasternal Short ... #POCUS #PSAX #Echocardiogram ... #CriticalCare
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Anatomical Differences Between Pediatric and Adult Airways 
Pediatric airway is... 
• Proportionally smaller larynx 
• Narrowest
pediatrics due to short ... Adult #Airway #Comparison ... Differences #Anatomical #CriticalCare
BiPAP titration in CHF
 - Mean airway pressure provides goodness 
 - Ramp up the ePAP
Driving pressure supports ... CongestiveHeartFailure #Management ... #CriticalCare #
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Prognostication based on scores ... prognostication #diagnosis #management ... stratification #criticalcare
Pressors and Inotropes

Norepinephrine
 • alpha1 > beta 1
 • Increase SVR > Inotropy
Vasopressin
 • V1
 •
Pressors #Inotropes #criticalcare ... #pharmacology #comparison ... #shock #management
COVID-19 Hypoxia Management

Indication for endotracheal intubation?
Tolerating supplemental oxygen?
Consider HFNC
Not tolerating HFNC or HFNC is not available?
Consider
COVID-19 Hypoxia Management ... Monitor closely short ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare
Rich Levitan teaches the VAPORS pneumonic: a quick run-through of the main issues to sort prior
main issues to sort ... from Scotland #Management ... #CriticalCare #