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ICU Hypotension - Evaluation Algorithm

OFTEN Mnemonic:

OWN THE PULSE PRESSURE 

FEEL YOUR PATIENT'S LEGS 

TEST FOR FLUID
ICU Hypotension ... PATIENT'S LEGS TEST ... RESPONSIVENESS ECHO/POCUS ... MD @vmoitra #ICU ... Evaluation #Algorithm #CriticalCare
Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
Clinical Network #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... : Marino's The ICU
Navigating a Rapid Response Team (RRT)

Assert Leadership:
 • Stand at foot of bed
 • Introduce yourself
Rapid Response Team ... Ask for brief summary ... remain on floor vs ICU ... #RRT #Management ... #treatment #criticalcare
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
bronchodilator test ... and sensitivity tests ... A summary of the ... asthma-COPD overlap; ICS ... #Diagnosis #Management
The ARDSnet ideal body weight/tidal volume chart takes all of the calculations and guesswork out of
tidal volume #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... GrepMed Recommended Text ... : Marino's The ICU
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
COVID19 in the ICU ... unilateral* • POCUS ... Cheatsheet #Diagnosis #Management ... #Summary #SARSCoV2 ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU ... esp in work-up/management ... note, discharge summary ... Urine Pregnancy Test ... diagnosis #workup #criticalcare
Management of Jehovah's Witness patient in ICU 

Clarify which products may be used 
 - Discuss
Management of Jehovah's ... Witness patient in ICU ... mission-critical tests ... #CriticalCare # ... Management
Vasopressors and Inotropes
 • Norepinephrine - Levophed - "Levo" - Generally thought of as the first
common in OR; in MICU ... Vasopressors #Inotropes #management ... #criticalcare # ... summary #comparison
Approach to Hemorrhagic Shock
PLAN FOR CONTROLLING HEMORRHAGE & ACTIVATE MASSIVE TRANSFUSION PROTOCOL
 • Activate massive transfusion
the appropriate team ... Hemorrhagic #Shock #Management ... #Summary #CriticalCare