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COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
COVID-19 - Awake ... proning #prone #awake ... #covid19 #sarscov2 ... #management #treatment
Elmhurst Hospital Awake Proning Instructions in English/Spanish 

1) Lying on your belly (30m-2h) 
2) Lying on
Elmhurst Hospital Awake ... Suzanne Bentley #Awake ... PatientInfo #Prone #Management ... #COVID19 #Coronavirus ... #SARSCOV2 #spanish
Running out of Analgesia and Sedation Medications due to #COVID19?  Anand Swaminathan, MD has put
Medications due to #COVID19 ... Medications #management ... #covid19 #treatment ... #sarscov2 #criticalcare ... sedative #analgesia #pharmacology
Simplified Representation of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Viral Lifecycle and Potential Drug Targets

#Therapeutic
Acute Respiratory Syndrome ... Therapeutic #Targets #Pharmacology ... #SARSCOV2 #Coronavirus ... #COVID19 #JAMA
Awake Proning Instructions for Patients

Try to avoid lying flat on your back, instead lay on your
Awake Proning Instructions ... DO, MPH, MS #Awake ... PatientInfo #Prone #Management ... #COVID19 #Coronavirus ... #SARSCOV2
Dueling analgo-sedative ladders for intubated COVID patients

Dr. Josh Farkas @pulmcirt - Internet Book of Critical Care
for intubated COVID ... sedatives #ladders #COVID19 ... #pharmacology # ... management #SARSCOV2
Anti-IL6 Agents (Tocilizumab, Siltuximab) in COVID19

IL-6 activates T cells and macrophages, among other cell types (see
Siltuximab) in COVID19 ... Cytokine Activation Syndrome ... correlate with severe COVID ... #Pharmacology # ... Management #Medications
Remdesivir (GS-5734) - manufactured by Gilead Sciences
Remdesivir blocks the replication of viruses by inserting into the
#Remdesivir #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology ... #COVID19 #SARSCOV2
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Syndrome ... Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... like illnesses, COVID ... Miller Fisher Syndrome ... #diagnosis #management
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Propofol infusion syndrome ... insomnia/sleep-wake ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... CriticalCare #diagnosis #management