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 Traditional Approach  

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1. Neurological

  • Delirium

  • Altered mental status

  • Seizure/Status epilepticus

  • Ischemic Stroke

  • Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH)

  • Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH)

  • Traumatic brain Injury

  • Hypoxic brain injury

  • Brain death

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2. Cardiac

  • Shock

  • Cardiac Arrest

  • Left ventricular systolic failure

  • Left ventricular diastolic failure

  • Right Heart Failure

  • Pericardial Tamponade

  • Myocardial Infarction/ACS

  • Dysrhythmias

  • Valvular Disease

  • Aortic Dissection

  • Deep Vein Thrombosis

  • Heart Transplant

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3. Respiratory

  • Hypoxic respiratory failure

  • Hypercapnic respiratory failure

  • Status asthmaticus

  • COPD exacerbation

  • Pulmonary hypertension

  • Pulmonary embolism

  • Hemoptysis

  • Pneumothorax

  • Inhalational injury

  • Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH)

  • Acute interstitial lung disease (ILD)

  • Lung Transplant

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4. Gastrointestinal

  • Acute liver failure

  • Gastrointestinal bleeding (GI bleed)

  • Acute pancreatitis

  • Splanchnic steal syndrome

  • Mesenteric ischemia

  • IAH/Abdominal compartment syndrome

  • Liver Transplant

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5. Renal

  • Acute renal failure

  • Chronic renal failure

  • Acid/base disorders

  • Hypernatremia

  • Hyponatremia

  • Hyperkalemia

  • Hypokalemia

  • Hypercalcemia

  • Hypocalcemia

  • Hyperphosphatemia

  • Hypophosphatemia

  • Rhabdomyolysis

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6. Hematological

  • Hemorrhage/massive transfusion

  • Anemia

  • Microscopic angiopathic hemolytic anemia (MAHA)

  • Thrombocytopenia

  • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

  • Neutropenia

  • Hypercoagulability

  • Tumor lysis syndrome

7. Endocrine

  • Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)

  • Hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS)

  • Adrenal insufficiency

  • Thyroid storm

  • Myxedema coma

8. Infectious

  • Fever

  • Sepsis/Septic shock

  • Pneumonia

  • Urinary tract infection

  • Bacteremia

  • Clostridium difficile infection

  • Sinusitis

  • Meningitis

  • Epidural Abscess

  • Acalculous cholecystitis

  • Ascending cholangitis

  • Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP)

  • Necrotizing fasciitis

  • Myocarditis

  • Pericarditis

  • Endocarditis

  • Surgical-site infection

  • Immunocompromised infections

  • Neutropenic fever

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9. Skin/Muscle

  • Rhabdomyolysis

  • Severe burns

10. Obstetrics/Gynecology

  • Preeclampsia/eclampsia

  • HELLP

  • Amniotic fluid embolism

  • Chorioamnionitis

11. Toxicology/Toxidromes

  • Acetaminophen toxicity

  • Salicylic acid toxicity

  • Toxic Alcohols 

  • Beta-blocker toxicity

  • Calcium-channel blocker toxicity

  • TCA toxicity

  • Digoxin toxicity

  • Anticholinergic toxidrome

  • Cholinergic toxidrome

  • Sympathomimetic toxidrome

  • Serotonin syndrome

  • Neuroleptic malignant syndrome

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12. Trauma/Environmental

  • Traumatic brain injury

  • Spinal cord injury

  • Penetrating neck injury

  • Blunt neck injury

  • Thoracic trauma

  • Abdominal trauma

  • Pelvic trauma

  • Extremity trauma 

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