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COVID-19 Hypoxia Management

Indication for endotracheal intubation?
Tolerating supplemental oxygen?
Consider HFNC
Not tolerating HFNC or HFNC is not available?
Consider
COVID-19 Hypoxia ... CONSIDER: a trial ... management #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm #survivingsepsis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... #criticalcare # ... algorithm #treatment
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... <300mmHg with a ... overload with heart failure ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
COVID-19 - A Seattle ... 31 • First US case ... emergency 2020-3-12 Diagnosis ... #Cheatsheet #Diagnosis ... #Coronavirus #CriticalCare
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
mm is needed to cause ... a hypertensive ... - Pulmonary edema ... chronic renal failure ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
patients with COVID ... • Proning is a ... management #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... clinical prognostic ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... chronic illness, clinical ... and other non-pulmonary ... congestive heart failure ... #Clinical #Diagnosis
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
non-productive cough, nausea ... Jaundice + renal failure ... • Severe pulmonary ... Epidemiologic exposure + clinical ... #treatment #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart Failure ... clinical diagnosis ... with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management