Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Valproic Acid in the ICU for Agitation and Delirium
Up to 70% of ICU patients experience agitation
Agitation and Delirium ... benzodiazepines used for pain ... guidelines for delirium ... #pharmacology # ... criticalcare
Altered Mental Status - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurologic: Stroke, Cerebral hypoxia, Cerebral hemorrhage, Seizure, Trauma, TBI,
Mental Status - Differential ... Abscess • Toxic: Medications ... Insomnia, HTN, PRES, Pain ... Constipation, Delirium ... #Status #AMS #Differential
Potassium Channel Blockers - Medications
1. Cardiovascular Drugs
2. Psychiatric drugs
3. Other drugs
4. Synthetic opioids: Levomethadyl 
5. Opium
Channel Blockers - Medications ... ChannelBlockers #Medications ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pharmacology ... #Toxicology
Checklist for Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium in the ICU

Initial assessment 
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Vital signs, neuro exam
Evaluation of New-Onset Delirium ... glucose - Review medication ... - CBC with differential ... #Checklist #Delirium ... #Workup #MICU #CriticalCare
Common sodium channel blockers which cause QRS widening.

Anticonvulsants: 
 - Carbamazepine 
Antidysrhythmics:  
 - Group
widening #ECG #EKG #Pharmacology ... #Medications #Toxicology ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Checklist for Treatment of Delirium in the ICU 

Remove causative factors 
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Exclude hypoglycemia if
for Treatment of Delirium ... - Review the medication ... if uncontrolled pain ... sleeping, administer pharmacologic ... Treatment #MICU #CriticalCare
Pain, Agitation, and Delirium (PAD) in the ICU
Addressing the ICU Triad (PAD) can be accomplished through
Pain, Agitation, ... and Delirium (PAD ... No pharmacologic ... (Haldol) - No pharmacologic ... #PAD #ICU #CriticalCare
Medications causing Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration: Diuretics
 • Altered intrarenal autoregulation: ACEIs / ARBs,
Medications causing ... , tenofovir • AIN ... Kidney #Injury #Medications ... #Drugs #pharmacology ... #differential #
Causes of COVIDー19 ICU delirium
Restricted Visitation
 • Family Disconnected
 • Sense of Isolation
 • Disorientation
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of COVIDー19 ICU delirium ... Interventions • Fewer Pain ... #COVID19 #ICU #delirium ... #causes #differential ... coronavirus #diagnosis #criticalcare