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Managing Pain, Anxiety and Delirium in the ICU

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#Pain #Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare #Comparison #Management
Managing Pain, Anxiety ... and Delirium in ... #Anxiety #Delirium ... #CriticalCare # ... Comparison #Management
Useful Intravenous Antihypertensive Agents
- Nicardipine
- Clevidipine
- Labetalol
- Esmolol
- Nitroglycerin

Dr. Josh Farkas https://twitter.com/PulmCrit

#Antihypertensive #Agents #Hypertensive #Emergency #Pharmacology
#Hypertensive #Emergency ... #Pharmacology # ... Intravenous #IV #CriticalCare ... BloodPressure #Management
Valproic Acid in the ICU for Agitation and Delirium
Up to 70% of ICU patients experience agitation
Agitation and Delirium ... benzodiazepines used for pain ... guidelines for delirium ... #pharmacology # ... criticalcare
Delirium in the ICU

Defining delirium
Types of delirium
Consequences of delirium
Reversible causes of delirium
Drug-induced delirium
Non-pharmacologic management of delirium
Pharmacologic
Non-pharmacologic ... management of delirium ... Pharmacologic ... management of delirium ... management #criticalcare
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
Emotional Domain: Anxiety ... analgesics - Delirium ... CAM-ICU) - Pain ... PICS #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
Alternatives to opioids for pain management in the emergency department decreases opioid usage and maintains patient
to opioids for pain ... management in the ... emergency department ... Pain pathways by ... #Pharmacology #
Causes of COVIDー19 ICU delirium
Restricted Visitation
 • Family Disconnected
 • Sense of Isolation
 • Disorientation
 •
of COVIDー19 ICU delirium ... Interventions • Fewer Pain ... /Anxiety/DeIirium ... Increased Fear/Anxiety ... coronavirus #diagnosis #criticalcare
The Acute Care Opioid Table - For Emergency Providers

There are a hundred opioid tables out there,
Opioid Table - For Emergency ... Ketamine #Opioid #Pain ... Dosing #Acute #Management ... #Table #Pharmacology ... #Emergency
OPIOID SWITCHING AND TAPERING.

Long term opioid use results in physical (and potentially psychological) dependence. Opioids should
insomnia, muscle pain ... pupils, sweating, anxiety ... protocol #opioid #pain ... tapering #switching #pharmacology ... #conversion #management
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Pain, Agitation, ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare ... #diagnosis #management