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COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
COVID-19 - Awake ... difference - decrease lung ... 5 #proning #prone ... #awake #covid19
Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
Select phased-array probe ... With probe marker ... views of right lung ... Consider linear probe ... for pleural details
Step by step approach for diagnosis of pleural effusion by Lung Ultrasound

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-018-1062-x

#Diagnosis #POCUS #Lung #Pleural #Effusion
for diagnosis of pleural ... effusion by Lung ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Lung ... #Pleural #Effusion ... Instructions #Steps #Algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Interstitial lung ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Awake Proning Instructions for Patients

Try to avoid lying flat on your back, instead lay on your
Awake Proning Instructions ... air into your lungs ... DO, MPH, MS #Awake ... #PatientInfo #Prone
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
the Ventilator - Algorithm ... consider draining pleural ... Diuresis — Dry lungs ... are happy lungs ... Weaning #Ventilator #Algorithm
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Pleural ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Algorithm
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
with lung-rockets ... indicates anterior lung ... thickened, irregular pleural ... A-profile at one lung ... BLUE #protocol #Algorithm
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
with lung-rockets ... indicates anterior lung ... thickened, irregular pleural ... A-profile at one lung ... dyspnea-criticalcare-pulmonary-algorithm-pocus
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
with lung-rockets ... indicates anterior lung ... thickened, irregular pleural ... A-profile at one lung ... BLUE #protocol #Algorithm