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Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
(ARDSnet low-PEEP ... • PEEP: minimal ... increase over PEEP ... • Recruitment Maneuvers ... obese #Management #CriticalCare
Effect of Lung Recruitment and Titrated Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) vs Low PEEP on Mortality in
) vs Low PEEP on ... moderate to severe ARDS ... lung recruitment maneuver ... #ARDS #EBM #VisualAbstract ... Postoperative #Pulmonary #CriticalCare
PRONE POSITIONING - Portsmouth ICU @icu_portsmouth

#Prone #Positioning #Procedure #Proning #Protocol #Checklist #Instructions #Protocol #Proned #Management #CriticalCare
Protocol #Checklist #Instructions ... Proned #Management #CriticalCare ... #ARDS
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV

By Dr. Gutwein via @jmcchiefs

#Epley #Maneuver #BPPV #Benign #paroxysmal #positional #vertigo
Epley Maneuver for ... @jmcchiefs #Epley ... #Maneuver #BPPV ... vertigo #neurology #instructions
Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
- PIP, PPlat, PEEP ... Pause: Ventilator Maneuver ... Pressures #PPlat #PEEP ... #CriticalCare #
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
Auto-PEEP What ... is Auto-PEEP? ... = intrinsic PEEP ... expiratory hold maneuver ... diagnosis #management #criticalcare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... severity of the ARDS ... 300 mm Hg with PEEP ... 200 mm Hg with PEEP ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Epley Maneuver for BPPV

Epley manuver
 - Epley begins after the last step of the Dix Hallpike
Epley Maneuver for ... BPPV Epley manuver ... extension - Keep ... - Keep the patient ... #Maneuver #Repositioning
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome – ARDS ... minimum of 5 cmH20 PEEP ... sepsis-associated ARDS ... days after dx of ARDS ... Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
Titrating PEEP in ARDS
Key Principles:
1) The ideal PEEP optimizes alveolar recruitment and reduces atelectrauma, while minimizing
Titrating PEEP in ... ARDS Key Principles ... recruitment maneuvers ... #ARDS #titration ... #management #criticalcare