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Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
assessment - Vital signs ... Carboxyhemoglobin level ... appropriate Consider CT ... Substantially reduced level ... #Workup #MICU #CriticalCare
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
TEE) • Chest CT ... • Persistent fever ... Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
workup or TSH level ... monitoring (vital signs ... ://twitter.com/PulmCrit ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Pemberton’s Sign in a Patient with a Goiter- Physical examination revealed an enlarged thyroid with no
plasma thyrotropin level ... and the serum level ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #Pembertons ... #CT #goiter
Good example of 'shred sign' in a patient with fever, cough and shortness of breath. 

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example of 'shred sign ... a patient with fever ... pneumonia on CXR/CT ... eabramsMD #Shred #sign ... pneumonia #clinical #photo
Chronic Occlusion of the Superior Vena Cava- On physical examination, marked venous dilatation was apparent on
, as seen in a CT ... obstructed at the level ... #clinical #photo ... #radiology #CT ... cava #occlusion #NEJM
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
is a radiologic sign ... confirmed with chest CT ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine ... #CriticalCare #
Falciform Ligament Sign - An abdominal radiograph that was obtained with the patient in a supine
Falciform Ligament Sign ... a radiographic sign ... ligament connects the liver ... Pneumoperitoneum #CT ... #KUB #NEJM
Woltman's sign of hypothyroidism- ...At the time of presentation, a physical examination was notable for the
Woltman's sign of ... video)...Woltman’s sign ... free thyroxine level ... #clinical #photo ... #NEJM #Woltmans
Severe Influenza Checklist

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