Critical Care Medicine

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AKI during pregnancy, Pregnancy-related acute kidney injury, Acute renal failure in pregnancy

Abdominal Pain in the ICU

Abdominal compartment syndrome

Acid-base disturbances in children, Acidosis, Alkalosis

Acid-base imbalance, Abnormal blood pH

Acute Hepatic Failure, Fulminant Hepatic Failure, Acute Liver Failure

Acute Kidney Injury Requiring Renal Replacement Therapy, Kidney Replacement Therapy,Dialysis, Acute Renal Failure

Acute Pancreatitis

Acute altered mental status, Mental status changes, depressed mental status, lethargic, obtunded, altered level of consciousness

Acute leukemic blast crisis, Hyperleukocytosis, Leukostasis

Acute on Chronic Kidney Failure, Acute on Chronic Kidney Injury

Acute visual disturbance

Adrenal Insufficiency, Critical Illness-Related Corticosteroid Insufficiency

Airway Management, pediatric

Analgesia in the ICU

Antimicrobial Selection by Age/Site

Aortic stenosis

Ascites

Atheroembolic disease, Atheromatous Embolic Disease; Cholesterol Crystal Embolism; Micro-Embolic Atherosclerotic Disease; Cholesterol Embolism; Blue Toe Syndrome; Purple Toe Syndrome; Multiple Cholesterol Emboli Syndrome; Pseudovasculitic Syndrome

Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, warm agglutinin disease, cold agglutinin disease

Beta blocker and Ca+ Channel blocker overdose; BB and CCB OD

Brain Death determination, Cerebrocirculatory Arrest, Irreversible Brainstem Dysfunction

Burn shock, Resuscitation of Burn Shock, Burn Shock Resuscitation

CHD-LV outflow tract obstruction

CHD-single ventricle lesions

Cardio renal syndrome

Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome

Cellulitis, erysipelas

Central Nervous System Infections, Bacterial Meningitis and Viral encephalitis

Chest pain

Cholecystitis and Cholangitis

Clostridium Difficile, Cdiff

Coagulopathies and bleeding disorders; Hemorrhage, Clotting Abnormalities, Microvascular Bleeding

Coma, Disorders of Consciousness

Contrast-induced AKI, contrast nephropathy, contrast-induced nephropathy, radiocontrast nephropathy

Critical Care of the Abdominal Surgery Patient; Intra-peritoneal Surgery; Emergency General Surgery; Elective General Surgery

Critical Care of the Neurosurgical Patient; Care and management of neurosurgical patients

Critical Care of the Orthopedic Surgery Patient

Critical Care of the Trauma Patient, Post-injury Critical care

Critical Care of the Vascular Surgery Patient

Crush Injury, Crush Syndrome, Traumatic Rhabdomyolysis, Muscle Reperfusion syndrome

Diabetes Insipidus

Diabetic ketoacidosis

Diarrhea in the ICU

Differential trauma approaches in the child vs. adult

Difficult airway management

Digoxin overdose, Cardiac glycoside toxicity, digoxin toxicity, digoxin poisoning

Disorders of K, Mg, and Calcium balance

Disorders of water balance

Dysnatremia: Hypernatremia

Dysnatremia: Hyponatremia

Elevated liver enzymes

Endocrine disorders of pregnancy: Gestational diabetes mellitus, Diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy, Acute adrenal crisis in pregnancy, Cushing's syndrome in pregnancy, Hypothyroidism in pregnancy

Endovascular Infections (endocarditis, septic thrombophelbitis, mycotic aneurysm)

Epidural management, Epidural Analgesia, Epidural Anesthesia, Thoracic Epidural, Lumbar Epidural, Regional Anesthesia

Epistaxis, nasal hemorrhage, nosebleed, bloody nose, anterior bleed, posterior bleed

Ethanol, methanol, ethylene Glycol, Ethyl alcohol (EtOH, alcohol, spirits), Ethylene glycol (EG, antifreeze poisoning), methanol (MetOH, wood or methyl alcohol), isopropanol (IPA, rubbing alcohol), toxic alcohols (MetOH, EG, IPA)

Extracorporeal support for neonatal/pediatric ARF

Fat embolism

Fever/Leukocytosis

Fungal Infections (Candida/molds); Candidemia, Invasive candidiasis, Candida bloodstream infection

GI Hemorrhage

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Appendicitis

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Ectopic Pregnancy

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Esophageal Foreign Body and Ingestion (button battery, lye, etc.)

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Hirschsprung Disease, Congenital Aganglionic Megacolon

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Intussusception

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Malrotation with Volvulus

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Meckel's Diverticulum

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC)

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Peptic Ulcer Disease – Gastric/Duodenal Ulcer; Non-Variceal Upper GI Bleeding

Gastrointestinal Emergencies: Pyloric Stenosis

Glomerulonephritis

Graft vs. Host Disease

HIT Syndrome (heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis)

HUS/TTP, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Secondary Thrombotic Microangiopathy, Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation, Thrombocytopenia-associated Multiple Organ Failure

Head and Neck Infections

Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia

Hematopoietic stem cell transplant-complications (bone marrow transplant complications; cord blood transplant complications; stem cell transplant complications)

Hemoptysis

Hemorrhage

Hepatic encephalopathy, Hepatic stupor, hepatic coma, porto-systemic encephalopathy, hepato-cerebral encephalopathy

Hepatorenal syndrome

High-risk operations

Hydrocarbons

Hyperchloremic acidosis

Hyperglycemia

Hyperglycemic/Hyperosomolar Crisis

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy

Hyperviscosity syndrome

Hypo/hypercalcemia

Hypo/hyperkalemia

Hypo/hypernatremia

Hypo/hyperphosphatemia

Hypoglycemia

Hypotension

Ileus and small bowel obstruction

Immunologic lung disease

Inborn errors of metabolism

Infant botulism

Infection in the (non-transplant) patient on immunosuppressive medications

Infection in the Post-operative patient

Infections following organ transplantation (Including Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Stem cell): Presenting without localizing signs

Infections in Neutropenic Patient

Infections in Travelers (Malaria, Strongyloides)

Interstitial Nephritis

Intra-abdominal infection

Intracranial hypertension

Intravascular catheter and device-related infections

K, and Mg imbalance

Lactic acidosis

Life threatening toxicities of chemotherapies and immunomodulating medications

Lithium overdose

Maintenance Fluids and Replacement Fluids in Children

Major burns, Severe Burn, Burn Injury, Burn Wound

Malignant Hyperthermia and Related Conditions

Management of Blood Glucose in ICU

Management of the deceased organ donor

Management of the toxic overdose patient

Massive blood loss; hemorrhage

Meningococcemia/purpura fulminans

Metabolic alkalosis

Mitral stenosis

Neuromuscular Weakness in Children: Botulism

Neuromuscular Weakness in Children: Guillain-Barre Syndrome

Neuromuscular Weakness in Children: Myasthenia

Neuromuscular Weakness in Children: Myelitis

Neuromuscular Weakness in Children: Transverse Myelitis

Neutropenia

Nocardiosis

Non-infectious complications Post-BM/PSC Transplant: Sinusoidal Obstructive Syndrome (SOS)

Nosocomial infections

Nutritional support in the AKI/CKD patient

Oliguria

Pediatric Abdominal and Thoracic Trauma

Pediatric Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation

Pediatric Oncologic Emergencies

Pediatric Respiratory Failure – Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure – ARDS

Pediatric Shock – Assessment and Treatment

Pediatric Transfusion Management

Peptic ulcer disease

Pertussis

Phosphorus and Calcium Imbalance

Pigment Nephropathy

Pleural Disease: Hepatic Hydrothorax and Hemothorax

Poisonous plants and animals

Polyuria

Portal Hypertension

Postpartum Hemorrhage

Pressure Ulceration; Decubitus Ulcers, Pressure Sores, Bed Sores

Primary Neuromuscular Disease in the ICU

Primary heart failure

Psychiatric drug overdose, Antidepressant overdose, antipsychotic overdose, neuroleptic overdose

Pulmonary renal syndrome

Recreational drug overdose; cocaine abuse

Renal replacement in pediatric AKI

Respiratory Failure – lower airway obstruction: bronchiolitis/asthma

Respiratory acidosis, hypercarbia

Respiratory alkalosis, hypocapnia

Rocky Mountain spotted fever (and other tick-borne diseases)

Sedation and analgesia approaches for children

Sedation in the ICU

Septic shock in neonates and children: ACCM guidelines

Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock

Severe drug reactions

Short bowel syndrome

Spinal cord injury

Spinal cord ischemia

Status epilepticus

Streptococcal infections/toxic shock syndrome

Stroke; Ischemic stroke, hemorrhagic stroke, ICH, SAH, cerebral ischemia

Subarachnoid and Intracerebral hemorrhage

Subdural hematoma, subdural hemorrhage

Superior Vena Cava (SVC) syndrome

TE-Iron

TE-acetaminophen

TE-clonidine

Therapeutic hypothermia; Hypothermia after cardiac arrest, hypothermia after hypoxic-ischemic brain injury

Thrombosis

Thyroid Disorders: Complications of thyroid surgery

Thyroid Disorders: Myxedema Coma

Thyroid Disorders: Sick Euthyroid Syndrome

Thyroid Disorders: Thyroid Storm

Toxic exposures: general pediatric approach

Toxin-induced metabolic acidosis

Toxin-mediated infections (toxic shock syndrome)

Transfusion reactions

Trauma in a pregnant patient

Traumatic brain injury

Traumatic brain injury and intracranial hypertension in the child

Tuberculosis

Tumor lysis syndrome

Unusual dysrhythmias

Upper Airway Disease/Obstruction (upper airway obstruction, stridor, croup)

Urogenital Infections in the ICU (UTI, Cystitis, Pyelonephritis, Catheter-Associated UTI, Asymptomatic bacteriuria, ASB, Urosepsis)

Venous Thromboembolism

Ventricular tachycardia/Fibrillation, Wide complex tachycardias

Viral infections

Volume overload

Weakness, Acquired Muscle Weakness and Peripheral Nerve Disease in the ICU, critical illness myopathy, critical ilness polyneuropathy, prolonged neuromuscular blockade

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