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Valproic Acid in the ICU for Agitation and Delirium
Up to 70% of ICU patients experience agitation
Valproic Acid in the ICU ... for Agitation and ... 70% of ICU patients ... experience agitation ... Antipsychotics
Managing Pain, Anxiety and Delirium in the ICU

Nick Mark MD @nickmmark

#Pain #Anxiety #Delirium #CriticalCare #Comparison #Management
Pain, Anxiety and Delirium ... in the ICU Nick ... Pain #Anxiety #Delirium ... #CriticalCare #Comparison ... Management #Diagnosis #ICU
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Pain, Agitation, ... and Delirium (PAD ... Richmond Agitation ... Antipsychotics: ... EmmGeezee #Pain #Agitation
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
for Treatment of Delirium ... in the ICU Remove ... severe nocturnal agitation ... refractory to antipsychotic ... #Delirium #Checklist
Post-Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS)
Symptoms of PICS:
 - Physical Domain: Generalized weakness, Fatigue, Difficulty walking
 - Cognitive
Syndrome (PICS) Symptoms ... RISK FACTORS - ICU ... analgesics - Delirium ... treatments - Delirium ... screening (CAM-ICU
Clinical Manifestations of Serotonin Syndrome
 • Ophthalmologic: Mydriasis, Ocular clonus (slow horizontal movements)
 • Gastrointestinal: Diarrhea,
flushing • CNS: Agitation ... , Delirium, Rigidity ... Serotonin #Syndrome #Symptoms
Rapid, increasing signs of extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) is an important key feature of NMS. EPS, associated
extrapyramidal symptoms ... with conventional antipsychotics ... to produce EPS symptoms ... of conventional antipsychotics ... NeurolepticMalignant #Comparison
Hyperparathyroidism - Primary vs Secondary vs Tertiary 
Lab Comparison:
 • Primary Hyperparathyroidism: ↑→PTH, ↑Calcium, ↑Vitamin D,
Tertiary Lab Comparison ... Phosphate Physical Symptoms ... pain Psychiatric Symptoms ... Disorientation, Delirium
A toxidrome is a syndrome (set of symptoms) caused by specific medications or toxins.

There are 5
syndrome (set of symptoms ... Anticholinergic: low potency antipsychotics ... Toxicology #Toxidromes #Comparison
Characteristics of Serotonin Syndrome and Other Hyperthermic Syndromes 
Serotonin Syndrome
 - SSRIs, second-generation antidepressants, MAOIs, linezolid,
diarrhea, mydriasis, agitation ... - D2-blocking antipsychotics ... Syndromes #Diagnosis #Comparison