2025 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Online-Board Questions

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This lecture covers critical care topics including sedation goals, brain death testing, and management strategies in ICU patients. For sedation, propofol is preferred due to rapid titratability, and light sedation levels (Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale score of -1 to 0) facilitate earlier extubation. Brain death determination requires an apnea test unless contraindicated, necessitating ancillary testing. Pain and anxiety after surgery are best managed initially with opioids and short-acting IV benzodiazepines, avoiding scheduled benzodiazepines to reduce delirium risk. Propofol infusion syndrome features metabolic acidosis and myocardial dysfunction, requiring vigilance during prolonged use. In traumatic brain injury, interventions like decompressive craniectomy and steroids have limited benefit; prevention of complications such as deep vein thrombosis with sequential compression devices is preferred. For delirium linked to benzodiazepines, switching to dexmedetomidine is recommended. Naloxone is appropriate for opioid-induced respiratory depression after epidural administration. Video laryngoscopy improves first-pass intubation success but not complications. Neuromuscular blockade monitoring involves train-of-four and post-tetanic counts to guide paralysis depth.

Keywords

critical care

sedation management

brain death testing

propofol infusion syndrome

neuromuscular blockade monitoring

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