Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Pediatric 2024 (MCCRCP24ON)-Board Questions: Poisons, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Pharmacology

Board Questions: Poisons, Infectious Diseases, Neurology, Pharmacology

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The session covers a Q&A segment revolving around various medical scenarios and treatments, particularly related to traumatic brain injury (TBI), toxic ingestions, and spinal cord injuries, among others. The speakers discuss different medical situations such as managing a 4-month-old with a TBI, a hypotensive beta-blocker overdose, and a case of suspected methanol ingestion. Medical strategies and guidelines are highlighted, like the importance of maintaining cerebral perfusion pressure in TBI and initiating treatments based on symptoms rather than waiting for confirmatory tests. The session concludes with considerations for pharmacokinetics, emphasizing understanding drug half-lives to predict their steady-state concentrations.

Keywords

traumatic brain injury

toxic ingestions

spinal cord injuries

cerebral perfusion pressure

pharmacokinetics

medical treatments

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