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ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... to your airway checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #ETTDepths #TidalVolumes ... #Table #PulmCrit
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Checklist for Evaluation ... assessment - Vital signs ... Carboxyhemoglobin level ... Substantially reduced level ... nonconvuIsive status #Checklist
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
-BiPAP should never ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #BiPAP #BiLevel ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm ... #PulmCrit
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Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... checklist Evaluation ... ultrasound - Calcium level ... - Triglyceride level ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist
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 ... monitoring (vital signs ... ://twitter.com/PulmCrit ... #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
Assessment and Treatment of Severe Asthma, According to Inflammatory Phenotypes, in Patients without a Response to
Multidisciplinary Management ... includes an IgE level ... #Management #PCC ... Asthma #Severe #Algorithm
Recommendations for initial management of Unstable Angina/NSTEMI

Flowchart for class I and class lla recommendations for initial
Recommendations for initial management ... recommendations for initial management ... Ilb/llla; LOE, level ... UnstableAngina #Management ... #Algorithm #Cardiology
Blood Culture Collection Algorithm - Adult Patients with Suspected Systemic Infection 

Pawlowicz et al evidenced based
Culture Collection Algorithm ... Algorithm Source ... unstable vital signs ... warrant an elevated level ... #Management #BloodCultures