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ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
to your airway checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Intubation #Airway #Checklist ... #ETTDepths #TidalVolumes ... #Table #PulmCrit
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... • Persistent fever ... • Aggressive management ... Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... #Endocarditis #checklist
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist ... workup or TSH level ... ://twitter.com/PulmCrit ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
Checklist Approach ... target potassium level ... Josh Farkas @pulmcrit ... Critical Care #Checklist ... #Hypokalemia #Management
Tularemia - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Francisella tularensis - Aerobic fastidious gram-negative Coccobacillus - Zoonotic Infection
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Diagnosis and Management ... Ulceroglandular: Fever ... Treatment: • Severe Disease ... Streptomycin • Moderate Disease ... infectiousdiseases #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Pre-existing valvular disease ... Congenital heart disease ... Hypercoagulable (APLAS) Microbiology ... night sweats, fever ... Endocarditis #diagnosis #management
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Chagas Disease ( ... Diagnosis and Management ... Mild: Malaise, fever ... trypanosomiasis #Diagnosis #Management ... #Microbiology #
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... - Ferritin, liver ... Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... #Influenza #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Disease ... setting of low-level ... Babesia #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology #