Community Acquired Pneumonia
Fig. 20.1 Representative image of the CT chest upon admission Question What would be the best empirical therapy for this patient? Answer Ceftriaxone, azithromycin, and linezolid. Because of additional concern…
Accidental Hypothermia
Fig. 9.1 Classic electrocardiogram findings in hypothermia. This EKG demonstrates three common findings in hypothermia, including bradycardia, shivering artifact, and J-waves (Image courtesy of lifeinthefastlane.com) Question What is the next…
Management of Calcium Channel Blocker Poisoning
Fig. 7.1 12-lead EKG revealing sinus bradycardia Question What do you think is causing her hyperglycemia and what therapeutic intervention(s) could be considered at this point to improve her hemodynamic…
Management of Acute Heart Failure
Fig. 11.1 Acute decompensated heart failure patient classification (Adapted from Nohria and Lewis [20], with permission) Diuretic Therapy Fluid removal through intravenous diuresis is an essential management strategy for AHF…
Diagnosis and Management of Tricyclic Antidepressant Ingestion
Fig. 6.1 12-Lead Electrocardiogram obtained at time of patients presentation Question How would you proceed in the management of this patient? Answer This patient now exhibits EKG findings that are…
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics in the Pediatric Patient
(25.1) where concentration is C, t is time after the dose, A is the concentration at time 0 for the distribution rate represented by the broken line graph with the…
Propofol PK-PD
Fig. 11.1 Compartmental model for propofol using the Eleveld PK model for a 70-kg, 35-year-old male patient The three compartments in the above PK model represent the volumes for the…
How to Select a PK/PD Model
Fig. 10.1 Time course of plasma propofol concentrations arising from three different dosing schemes. All three time courses show the predicted plasma concentration of propofol administered at 8 mg/kg/h for 60 min…
TCI/TIVA Adult Case Studies
Fig. 23.1 a Propofol TCI set at 3 μg/ml, b MCI propofol infusion regimen, designed to give a plasma concentration of 3 μg/ml: 1 mg/kg bolus, 10 mg/kg/h, reduced to 8 mg/kg/h at 10 min, reduced…
Intravenous Anesthesia in Obese Patients
2. Adjusted body weight (kg) [28]: Was derived to scale doses in the obese. It uses the ideal weight (IBW) and to a varying degree the amount of weight…
