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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
CPAP - Continuous ... Aspiration - unable to clear ... Of Clinical Worsening ... #criticalcare # ... management
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
) - Respiratory ... week of a known clinical ... be present on a chest ... Hg with PEEP or CPAP ... 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 Cheat ... if there is no clear ... #CriticalCare
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
) Chest imaging ... hydrostatic edema if no risk ... Hg with PEEP or CPAP ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #ARDS #Acute #Respiratory
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
Patients who have no risk ... Clear evidence of ... 300), but whose respiratory ... , and b Stable respiratory ... Criteria #pulmonary #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... Change in clinical ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... OSA • Continue CPAP ... medical and surgical management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
3-4 ml/kg, the risk ... to minimize the risk ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... criticalcare #treatment ... #respiratory #clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
MUCORMYCOSIS • Risk ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... : AIDS, neutropenia ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management