ICU Topics

​PULMONARY

• Angioedema

• ARDS - ATS new definitions and management

  • Criteria for VV-ECMO transfer​

• Aspiration Pneumonitis - Pneumonia

• Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)

• Hemoptysis - massive

• ILD - acute exacerbation

• Mechanical Ventilation

  • APRV

  • AVAPS

  • Intubation

    • RSI SCCM guidelines 2023

    • The standard intubation procedure

  • Ventilator liberation

  • Ventilator pearls

• Pneumotorax - Air Leaks tretament

• Pulmonary Embolism​

  • Summary of management​

• Respiratory Failure - CDI coding and definitions

• Steroids ICU guidelines

• Unexplained Hypoxemia

  • Intrapulmonary and Intracardiac Shunts​

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CARDIOLOGY

• Afib-acute in critically ill patients

• Arterial waveform - pulse pressure analysis

• BP target recommendations

• Cardiac Surgery Management 

• Cardiac Surgery Management lecture

• Post Cardiotomy Shock Assessment

• Volume Assessment in Critically Ill Patients

• Diastolic heart failure - diagnosis

• Dynamic LVOT obstruction

• Infective endocarditis

• LV thrombus AHA 2022 guidelines

• MI and myocardial injury

• Noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring

• Refractory shock

• Stress cardiomyopathy - Takosubo syndrome

• SVT treatment

• Valvular acute disorders

 

GASTROENTEROLOGY

• Budd-Chiari Syndrome - acute

• Acute Mesenteric Ischemia

• Acute on Chronic Liver Failure SCCM-EASL 2023 Guidelines

• Alcohol Associated Liver Disease 2023

• Cholangitis Tokyo 2018 Guidelines

• Cirrhosis ICU Management

• Esophageal Varices Baveno VI and VII

• Hyperammonemia in the ICU

• Liver Injury and Failure

  • Definitions and liver enzymes evaluation

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NEPHROLOGY

• Acid Base

• Contrast Associated AKI (CAAKI)

• Oliguria - clinical approach

 

HEMATOLOGY

• IR procedures - bleeding risks

• Thrombocytopenia - new onset

• Thrombotic Microangiopathy (TMA)

• Transfusion ICU Guidelines

• Tumor Lysis Syndrome

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NEUROLOGY​

• Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS)

  • PFO associated stroke

• Myastenia Gravis

• Serotonin Syndrome

• Thrombolysis - hemorrhagic transformation

• Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Review

• SAH

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ENDOCRINOLOGY

• Critically Illness Related Corticosteroids Insufficiency (CIRCI)

• DKA, EDKA, and Hypoglycemia in the ICU

• Thyroid Storm

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INFECTION DISEASE

• Septic Shock Management

• Acute Cholecystitis

• C Diff Colitis

• Fever ICU - SCCM & IDSA Guidelines 2023

• Necrotizing Soft Tissue Infections (NSTI)

• Peritonitis

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PALLIATIVE CARE

Pearls

• Sedation - Analgesia

• Organ Procurement Donation - DCD

• Capacity and Competence

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ICU PEARLS

GUCCI