Pediatric Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Algorithm Diagram

Category: Pediatric | Posted at October 13, 2011 with 0 Comments

Below algorithm diagram appears steps should be applied by physicians when monitoring Intra Cranial Pressure related to severe traumatic brain injury in children or infants. The treatment algorithm was made for established intracranial hypertension in the co-relation with risk/benefit ratio of individual treatment maneuvers, according to a book reference you may download later.

intracranial hypertension monitoring

This pediatric brain injury trauma algorithm shows steps from scoring GCS value, maintaining Intra Cranial Pressure (ICP) until when second-tier therapy is being contemplated. Also, you will be provided with an algorithm for differentiating second-tier maneuvers that possibly happen.

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Acute Sinusitis Antimicrobial Therapy Choices Algorithm Diagram

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Illustration below provides algorithm diagram for primary care physician in selecting the best antimicrobial agents for sinusitis treatment.  The symptoms will be divided into acute, sub-acute and chronic sinusitis. Then these will lead to symptomatic and/or antibiotic treatment as you may see in the diagram.

acute bakteriel sinusitis treatment algorithm

You can find this sinusitis treatment algorithm in herein provided journal which described section such as sinusitis pathophysiology, sinusitis predisposing factor, pathogens/organisms that caused, antibiotic resistance, laboratory test parameters, anti-bacterial selection for acute sinusitis, and duration of therapy.

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