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Critical Illness
Aka: Critical Illness, Catastrophic Illness, Intensive Care, Critical Care- See Also
- Rapid ABC Assessment
- ABC Management
- Trauma Primary Survey
- Emergency Airway Management (includes Primary Survey Airway Evaluation)
- Emergency Breathing Management (includes Primary Survey Breathing Evaluation)
- Emergency Circulation Management (includes Primary Survey Circulation Evaluation)
- Fluids and Electrolytes in Critical Care
- Indications
- Cardiovascular Emergencies
- Respiratory Emergencies
- Neurologic Emergencies
- Fluids, Electrolytes and Nutrition Emergencies (as well as renal emergencies)
- Infectious Emergencies
- Abdominal Emergencies
- Trauma and Environmental Injuries
- Findings: Most significant markers of Critical Illness
- Management: Specific Cohorts
- Management: Respiratory
- Monitoring
- Capnography continuous
- Venous Blood Gas or Arterial Blood Gas as indicated to answer clinical questions
- Noninvasive Ventilation
- Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)
- High Humidity High Flow Nasal Oxygen (High Flow Nasal Cannula, HHFNC)
- Children with acute respiratory distress (Croup, Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
- Post-Extubation (prevents re-intubation)
- Continuous Positive Airways Pressure (CPAP)
- Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BiPaP)
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Monitoring
- Management: FEN
- Blood Sugar Management
- Nutrition
- Fluid Status
- Electrolytes
- Management: Sedation and Analgesia
- Management: Complications
- Management: Prevention
- See Thromboprophylaxis in Critical Illness and Major Trauma
- See Gastric Ulcer Prevention in Patients with Critically Illness (Gastrointestinal Prophylaxis)
- See Drug-induced Nephrotoxicity
- Avoid NSAIDs
- Avoid ACE Inhibitors and Angiotensin Receptor Blockers
- May consider continuing if chronic use for Congestive Heart Failure
- Alternative: Hydralazine and Isosorbide Dinitrate
- Delirium Prevention
- Management: Disposition
- Resources
- Internet Book of Critical Care (EMCRIT.org)
- References
- Marino (2014) The ICU Book, p. 901-22