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General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
discussion With ECMO ... center or team ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure
Intraoperative Massive Blood Loss - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Expected or unexpected major haemorrhage

❶ Call for
inform theatre team ... giving tranexamic acid ... an appropriate clinical ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
ECMO Troubleshooting - OnePager Summary
ECMO Emergency Protocol - Team should train/practice & have necessary supplies at
ECMO Troubleshooting ... Emergency Protocol - Team ... Troubleshooting #problems #diagnosis ... #differential #management ... #criticalcare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... overload with heart failure ... assessment“ (e.g. echo ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
causing heart failure ... Consider repeat echo ... Internet Book of Critical ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart Failure ... Impella, LVAD, ECMO ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
pre-existing heart failure ... esp in work-up/management ... initial bedside echo ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis ... #workup #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... Change in clinical ... the last year ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Delivery • Stable ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... support for patients clinically
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... possibly renal failure ... Clinical Features ... #Management #Signs