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Stress Dose Steroids - Indications and Dosing

SUPPRESSED HPA AXIS:
 prednisone >20mg/day x 3 weeks or more
Stress Dose Steroids ... Indications and Dosing ... #Indications #Dosing ... Endocrinology #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pharmacology
ARDS - Overview

M. Daniyal Hashmi, MD @MDaniyalHashmi1

#ARDS #Respiratory #Distress #Acute #Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare #summary
MDaniyalHashmi1 #ARDS #Respiratory ... #Distress #Acute ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... #Distress #Acute ... #Syndrome #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Initial assessment and management of coma in pediatric population.

Airway - is it secure? 
Breathing — is
assessment and management ... Breathing — is respiratory ... Assessment #Coma #Pediatrics ... #Peds #ABCs #CriticalCare ... #Diagnosis
Bronchiolitis Management

When to admit: 
- Any history of apnoea 
- Persistant sats < 92% 
- Inadequate
Bronchiolitis Management ... Signs of severe respiratory ... distress - Grunting ... #diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Admission
Bronchiolitis - Lower respiratory tract (bronchioles) 

Microbiology 
 • Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) (most commonl
distress (tachypnea ... failure Management ... Bronchiolitis #Diagnosis ... #Management #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... mild-moderate respiratory ... distress or tachypnea ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome ... (ARDS) - Respiratory ... worsening symptoms during ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Management of Jehovah's Witness patient in ICU 

Clarify which products may be used 
 - Discuss
Management of Jehovah's ... should be drawn in pediatric ... Consider stress ... twitter.com/PulmCrit #Checklist ... #patient #ICU #CriticalCare
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
 - 
Exclude hypoglycemia if
Checklist for Treatment ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #Delirium #Checklist ... #Management #Treatment ... #MICU #CriticalCare