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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 ... #Pharmacology # ... Migraine #Headache #Colic
Managing Pain, Anxiety and Delirium in the ICU

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#Pain #Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare #Comparison #Management
Managing Pain, Anxiety ... and Delirium in ... @nickmmark #Pain ... #CriticalCare # ... Comparison #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
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
CERTA Opioid Alternatives

Opioid Alternatives for Abdominal Pain (traumatic, non-traumatic), Back Pain, Burns, Renal Colic, Dental Pain,
for Abdominal Pain ... , Burns, Renal Colic ... Pain, Sickle-Cell ... indicate a surgical emergency ... #Medications #Pharmacology
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
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
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
analgesics - Delirium ... treatments - Delirium ... CAM-ICU) - Pain ... PICS #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
for Treatment of Delirium ... if uncontrolled pain ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... #Management #Treatment ... #MICU #CriticalCare