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Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
patient's work of breathing ... the patient's diagnosis ... blow off” CO2 in a ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
patient with a diagnosis ... observe how the respiratory ... PhysicalExam #clinical #video ... #breathing #respiratory ... #pulmonary
START is a rapid triage system for prioritizing disaster victims
Briefly, it is based around:
- Is the
START is a rapid ... Is the patient breathing ... - What is the respiratory ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Incident #Triage #Algorithm
Noninvasive Ventilation Summary
Positive pressure ventilation that is delivered through a nasal, mask, or helmet interface and
delivered through a ... nasal, mask, or ... pressure throughout respiratory ... #Ventilation #management ... #pulmonary
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... leading to increased pulmonary ... <300mmHg with a ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
filter • N95 mask ... • Proning is a ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
Commonly due to expiratory ... effort to trigger a ... AutoPEEP #PEEP #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... • PULMONARY A ... Tolerance #testing #diagnosis ... #criticalcare # ... comparison #challenges #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
clinical diagnosis ... with presence of pulmonary ... diagnosis. ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
Starvation Ketosis (SK ... In both SK and AK ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare