The next topic in the case of a 23 year old female with an intentional, unknown overdose and subsequent hypotension and bradycardia is calcium channel antagonist (calcium channel blocker) poisoning. Calcium Channel Antagonists In contrast to β-adrenergic antagonists (BB),…
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Hypotension and Bradycardia in the Poisoned Patient: Beta-Adrenergic Antagonists
As you recall, we are discussing the case of a 23 year old female with an intentional, unknown overdose and subsequent hypotension and bradycardia. We had a brief discussion of the differential and are now going to discuss specific…
A Critical Care Frequent Flyer: Stroke
We discussed an informative and interesting review article on stroke management in October’s Critical Care Minifellowship meeting. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4062315/ This article highlights some important points (that shed light on how complicated the brain truly is) and touches upon some interesting neurological…
Wednesday Wrap-up: 8/13/2014
Morning Report: 8/12/2014
Today’s Morning Report is presented by Dr. Oiyemhonlan! Analgesia and Sedation Induction = Sedation = No Analgesia (exception Ketamine) Paralytics (Muscle Relaxant): Blocks the transmission of the action potential at the neuromuscular junction causing paralysis. Does not provide Analgesia…
Morning Report: 8/5/2014
Dr. Berzon presents some airway pearls for today’s Morning Report! Airway Pearls Rotate on Anesthesia as a senior, you will learn things that will make you a better intubator. As a junior, you just wanna shove that tube through…