Esophagus has no serosa Foreign Body/Food Bolus in Esophagus Will orient coronal in esophagus and sagittal in the trachea, Try glucagon and SL nitroglycerin. If pill lodged in the esophagus, give sucralfate on empty stomach without antacids The average transit time for the cricopharyngeus is to the stomach is between three and five seconds. […]
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Rounding in the Intensive Care Unit
Fast Hug (Crit Care Med 2005;33:1225) More daily goals Medlist Neuro CV Pulm Renal/Lytes GI ID Endo Heme/Onc Proph/FASTHUG ABCDE AwakeBreathe (Spont)Choice of sedativesDelerium assess and rx Exercise and Early mobility(Crit Care 2010;14:157) ABCDE Bundle On rounds, ask yourself Why was this patient admitted to intensive care […]
ICU Literature
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Avoiding Common ICU Errors
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The ICU Book by Marino
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Euglycemia in the ICU
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Drains
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Introduction to Critical Care
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Bowel Function and Constipation
Alfred Bowel Protocol Alvimopan: An oral, peripherally acting, µ-opioid receptor antagonist for the treatment of opioid-induced bowel dysfunctionA 21-day treatment-randomized clinical trial Journal of Pain March 2005 Volume 6 Number 3 oral narcan for opioid constipation (Pain 2000;84:105-109) 3-12 mg ngt tid start low to prevent withdrawal observational non-controlled study of […]
Intensive Care Unit Logistics and Design
Guidelines for intensive care unit design (Crit Care Med 2012;40:1586) Rationing of beds: Systematic Review (CCM Volume 32(7) July 2004 pp 1588-1597 Refusal due to no ICU bed availability lead to worse outcomes than pts who got ICU beds (Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2012;185:1081) the ethics of bed rationing (ccm 2006;34(4):958) Leapfrog staffing […]
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Kaizen
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Schmidt’s Disease
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The Four Most Important Equations in Critical Care
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