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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Workup and Management ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... POCUS (B-lines, lung ... STAT CXR, CTA Chest ... #treatment #criticalcare
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... atelectasis • Lung ... MG, ALS) • ↓ chest ... compliance (e.g., flail chest ... #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... congestion with hypoxemia ... with decreased lung ... #CriticalCare
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Weakness, Loss of Chest ... Elasticity (flail chest ... : Atelectasis, ARDS ... Embolism, Obstructive Lung ... , Interstitial Lung
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Chest Tube Placement Checklist
PREPARATION
 o Consent
 o Position Patient
 o Monitoring
 o Time Out
 o Review
Chest Tube Placement ... EQUIPMENT o Chest ... Tube Tray o Chest ... Feel inside the chest ... #CriticalCare #
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
nearly normal, hypoxemia ... and by loss of hypoxic ... , as in severe ARDS ... Giuseppe Citerio ... Variations #Diagnosis #Management
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... on imaging (eg. chest ... chest CT, or ultrasound ... contributor to the hypoxemia ... Criteria #pulmonary #criticalcare
Emergency Laryngectomy Management

This algorithm is paired with the red bed-head sign and indicates that the patient
Emergency Laryngectomy Management ... continuity with the lungs ... conventional upper airway management ... resuscitation, chest ... #Management #CriticalCare
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
: weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... Chest x-ray: signs ... Inhibitors and ARBs ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management