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Managing Pain, Anxiety and Delirium in the ICU

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#Pain #Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare #Comparison #Management
Managing Pain, Anxiety ... Delirium in the ICU ... Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare ... #Comparison #Management ... #Diagnosis #ICU
COVID-19: ICU Guidelines for the Non-Intensivist
Infection Control
Risk Factors for Severe Disease
Initial Laboratory Workup
COVID-19 Specific Medications
Respiratory
Cardiac
Hematologic
Neuro/Sedation

#COVID19 #ICU
COVID-19: ICU Guidelines ... Sedation #COVID19 #ICU ... #criticalcare # ... NonIntensivist #diagnosis ... #management
Enteral Nutrition - ICU One Pager
 • When to start enteral feeds
 • When NOT to
Enteral Nutrition - ICU ... Enteral #Nutrition #criticalcare ... #icu #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #management
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
Delirium in the ICU ... Pharmacologic ... theABofPharmaC #ICU ... #management #criticalcare ... #diagnosis
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Delirium in the ICU ... glucose - Review medication ... Evaluation #Workup #MICU ... #CriticalCare # ... Diagnosis
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
Delirium in the ICU ... - Review the medication ... if uncontrolled pain ... #Treatment #MICU ... #CriticalCare
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Delirium (PAD) in the ICU ... Addressing the ICU ... assessment of the ICU ... #CriticalCare # ... diagnosis #management
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
RISK FACTORS - ICU ... screening (CAM-ICU ... ) - Pain assessment ... #management #criticalcare ... #icu
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
CK Elevation (Pain ... alcohol - Medications ... Illness Myopathy (ICU ... #Elevated #CK #differential ... #diagnosis #rhabdomyolysis
Vasopressors and Inotropes
 • Norepinephrine - Levophed - "Levo" - Generally thought of as the first
common in OR; in MICU ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #management ... #criticalcare # ... comparison #table #pharmacology ... #indications