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General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
useful to allow for lung-protective ... use conventional lung-protective ... Internet Book of Critical ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
: Clinical Cheat ... , inflammatory lung ... congestion with hypoxemia ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
protective ventilation ... pathophysiology #diagnosis ... #management #ards ... #foamed #criticalcare ... #respiratory #clinical
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... lobar collapse, lung ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Approach to ARDS - PseudoARDS

A diagnostic/therapeutic strategy for ARDS is suggested, based on the PROSEVA trial
PseudoARDS A diagnostic ... Initial management ... stabilization on the ventilator ... persistent severe hypoxemia ... #Management #CriticalCare
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... upright position • Hypoxemia ... Arterial blood gas (ABC ... on radioactive lung
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
normal - Low ventilation-to-perfusion ... nearly normal, hypoxemia ... and by loss of hypoxic ... Phenotypes #Variations #Diagnosis ... #Management #SARSCOV2
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... ultrasound (exclude ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Lazarus Reflex on Physical Exam

The Lazarus sign is a reflex movement observed in brain-dead or brainstem
spinal reflex arc ... can occur after ventilator ... after brain death diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... video #neurology #criticalcare
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Change in clinical ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management ... stratification #diagnosis