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Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
Enteral Nutrition - ICU One Pager
 • When to start enteral feeds
 • When NOT to
Nutrition - ICU One ... Enteral #Nutrition #criticalcare ... #icu #pharmacology ... #diagnosis #management
Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Score (COWS)

Resting Pulse Rate: Record beats per minute after patient is sitting or
lying down for one ... • 0 - able to ... still, but is able ... iris is visible Bone ... Buprenorphine #Score #Diagnosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... Distributive (↓ Vascular tone ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #table #comparison ... #criticalcare
Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring 
Carbamazepine - Sample immediately before next dose (trough) 
Clozapine - Sample immediately
Therapeutic #Ranges #Toxicology ... #Pharmacology # ... Diagnosis #Table
Clozapine Toxicology
Clozapine is an atypical antipsychotic most often reserved for use in patients who have treatment-resistant
Clozapine Toxicology ... inactive, although one ... #Clozapine #Toxicology ... #Toxicity #Diagnosis ... #Pharmacology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
simply a clinical diagnosis ... The assessment of ... cardiology #treatment #table ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare ... icu #clinical #pharmacology
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Assessment of Chest ... Drains Stepwise assessment ... : • 14-22 Fr stable ... unnecessary, this is done ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
stepwise daily assessment ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... Delirium #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management
Neonatal Infant Pain Scale (NIPS)

For infants less than one year of age, the Neonatal Infant Pain
infants less than one ... to detect pain (Table ... moderate pain; non-pharmacologic ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Infants #NIPS #Assessment