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ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
#Management #CriticalCare ... Checklist #ETTDepths #TidalVolumes ... #Table #PulmCrit
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
-BiPAP should never ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Selection #Algorithm #PulmCrit
The rationale for aggressive treatment of generalized status epilepticus was described previously here.  In short,
#Management #Neurology ... Seizures #Algorithm #PulmCrit
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
• Persistent fever ... • Aggressive management ... Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... criticalcare #diagnosis #management
Management Algorithm for Confusion
- Substrate verification, glucose, oxygen checks
- Toxidrome present
- Focal findings on neurologic examination
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Management Algorithm ... Focal findings on neurologic ... examination - Fever ... AlteredMentalStatus #Delirium #Management
Migraine - Preventative Treatments

 • Anticonvulsants: *Topiramate, *Sodium valproate, Gabapentin, Pregabalin
 • Antidepressants: Amitriptyline, Venlafaxine, Duloxetine,
Cyproheptadine * Level ... Preventative #Treatment #management ... #pharmacology #neurology
Checklist Approach to Hypokalemia

Consider risk factors for arrhythmia:
 - EKG changes (especially QT prolongation)
 - Digoxin
target potassium level ... Josh Farkas @pulmcrit ... #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 ... conditions Diagnosis: Serology ... tularensis #diagnosis #management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
workup or TSH level ... ://twitter.com/PulmCrit ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
may precede the neurologic ... elevated protein level ... persistent altered level ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management ... #neurology