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Algorithm for the Management of Ventricular Tachycardia Electrical Storm
ES diagnosed (≥ 3 episodes of VT/ICD therapies
episodes of VT/ICD ... per ACLS • If ICD ... cardioversion Stable 1. ... of reversible causes ... #diagnosis #management
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... this should be 1° ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... Lung #Diseases #ILD ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
-1, TNF-a1pha, IL ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... ; Serotonin syndrome ... #Hyperthermia #comparison ... #diagnosis #management
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
in critically ill ... Target -1, but will ... Propofol infusion syndrome ... #CriticalCare #diagnosis ... #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
respiratory distress syndrome ... including: 1. ... Diagnosis: ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... #diagnosis #management
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
Guillain-Barré Syndrome ... to 2 cases per 100,000 ... can vary from mild ... intensive care unit (ICU ... #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
typically fall into 1 ... acute coronary syndrome ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... #criticalcare #icu
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Epidemiology: • F > M: 9:1 ... Antinuclear antibodies ≥ 1: ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... • Interstitial Pneumonitis ... #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Cardiomyopathy - Summary 1. ... exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... months before 1°
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... within the first 1 ... decrease in HIV-1 ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... #Management