CONTENTS When & how long to monitor EEG: Indications for EEG monitoring in the ICU Duration of EEG monitoring Basics EEG leads Background pattern Reactivity Paralysis to eliminate artefacts EEG in encephalopathy/coma Beta coma Alpha coma Theta coma Delta coma Spindle coma Seizures Epileptiform discharges Seizures BIRDs – Brief Potentially Ictal Rhythmic Discharges 🐥 Ictal-Interictal […]

CONTENTS Rapid Reference 🚀 Getting started Types of drug reaction Allergy history How allergies cause harm Basic science of beta-lactam allergy Techniques for allergy management Skin testing Graded challenge Desensitization General approach to beta-lactam allergy in critical care Groups of antibiotics with cross-allergy: Aminopenicillins & select G1-G2 cephalosporins Cefazolin Nafcillin…

My dear pulmonologists, I have some bad news.  Santa Claus isn’t real.  Neither is “ARDS.” “ARDS” has traditionally been conflated with a

Make no mistake, I’m not very fond of phenlephrine. I rarely use it (mostly for hypotensive atrial fibrillation). However, understanding phenylephrine is a prerequisite to understanding related vasopressors, particularly midodrine and norepinephrine.

CONTENTS Rapid Reference 🚀 Definition of severe CAP Diagnosis: Pneumonia diagnosis Differential diagnosis Post-diagnosis evaluation: Laboratory studies Imaging Lobar pneumonia Bronchopneumonia Interstitial pneumonia Cavitary pneumonia Nodular pneumonia Pleural effusion Pneumothorax Chest wall invasion Septic pulmonary emboli ➡️ Bronchoscopy Triage: who needs ICU? Treatment Antibiotic selection…

CONTENTS General considerations for antibiotic therapy Specs to look at for any antibiotic Percent protein bound Volume of distribution Augmented Renal Clearance (ARC) Oral bioavailability CSF penetration Antibiogram & 1st line agents Commonly used antibiotics Aminoglycosides Ampicillin & Ampicillin-Sulbactam Aztreonam Carbapenems (meropenem & ertapenem) Cephalosporins Cephalosporin G1: cefazolin…