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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
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis ... workup or TSH level ... monitoring (vital signs ... ://twitter.com/PulmCrit ... #Management #CriticalCare
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 ... nonconvuIsive status #Checklist ... #Workup #MICU #CriticalCare
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
Endocarditis checklist ... • Persistent fever ... Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... #Endocarditis #checklist ... #criticalcare #
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Guidelines for Crises ... Actively maintained fever ... (late sign) (→ ... Guidelines for crises ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #Checklist
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 #CriticalCare
Intraoperative Circulatory Embolus - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Causes: thrombus, fat, amniotic fluid, air/gas.
Signs: hypotension, tachycardia,
Guidelines for Crises ... Signs: hypotension ... field to below level ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Severe Influenza Checklist ... - Ferritin, liver ... Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... #Influenza #Checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare