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Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) - Early application of airway pressure release ventilation may reduce the
distress syndrome ... patients with ARDS ... #Ventilation #ARDS ... VisualAbstract #Pulmonary ... #EBM #CriticalCare
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
Distress Syndrome ... , a strategy with ... #EBM #VisualAbstract ... Postoperative #Pulmonary ... #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome ... (ARDS) - Respiratory ... known clinical insult ... consistent with pulmonary ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... <300mmHg with a ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
APRV in ARDS - A Visual Abstract

Early application of airway pressure release ventilation may reduce the
APRV in ARDS - A ... ventilation in acute respiratory ... distress syndrome ... #EBM #CriticalCare ... #Ventilation #ARDS
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
In ARDS, we know ... to the size of a ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory ... #clinical
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- HIV, CMV, EBV ... meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Onset: Few days to a ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... patients) • Respiratory
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... & Dry) is the treatment ... & Dry” is the treatment ... #differential #algorithm ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
infarction • Stress ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Clinical • Under-recognized ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... management #cardiology #treatment
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... days before Pulmonary