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Mass General Hospital COVID19 Critical Care Treatment Guide

#COVID19 #CriticalCare #Treatment #MGH #Management #Coronavirus #SARSCOV2
COVID19 Critical Care ... Treatment Guide ... #COVID19 #CriticalCare ... #Treatment #MGH ... #Management #Coronavirus
COVID-19 review…here is a list of some of the drugs that are currently being used or
the drugs that are ... most effective treatments ... #COVID19 #CoronaVirus ... #Treatment #Management ... #Pharmacology #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... such as trauma ... the underlying cause ... pneumonia and are ... #CriticalCare
Priapism 

Secondary Causes:
Medications- intracavernosal injections, anticoagulants, PDE5 inhibitors, alpha blockers, methylphenidate, cocaine
Any hyperviscosity syndrome (SCD, leukemia,
Secondary Causes ... hyperviscosity syndrome ... Pelvic/penile trauma ... t be tested or are ... Priapism #Diagnosis #Management
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... old, ~10,000 new cases ... Conservative/supportive care ... only curative treatment ... #treatment #hematology
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Hantavirus - Rodents are ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... Hantavirus #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #microbiology
Treatment of NMS
 Dopamine antagonists should be discontinued immediately in patients suspected of NMS. Like SS,
is supportive care ... hyperthermia, and management ... considered in milder cases ... #Management #NeurolepticMalignant ... #Syndrome #NMS
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
as data on new treatment ... US and updated treatment ... 31 • First US case ... Cheatsheet #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
cardiothoracic surgery, trauma ... thoracotomy is a better treatment ... continually in case ... Plan definitive management ... appropriate critical care
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... ; Serotonin syndrome ... - Antipyretics are ... comparison #diagnosis #management ... #treatment