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A Non-Invasive approach to Respiratory Failure
 • COPD and Ventilatory Failure → NiPPV with Bi-level Settings
to Respiratory Failure ... • COPD and Ventilatory ... Failure → NiPPV ... Settings • CHF / Pulmonary ... #management #hypoxia
Shock Classification
Shock Definition: State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
cellular and tissue hypoxia ... brain or spinal cord ... CARDIOGENIC (Cold ... OBSTRUCTIVE (Cold ... HYPOVOLEMIC (Cold
Shock Types - Classification
State of cellular and tissue hypoxia due to: reduced oxygen delivery, increased oxygen
cellular and tissue hypoxia ... tachycardia, dyspnea, cold ... brain or spinal cord ... beriberi CARDIOGENIC (Cold ... ring OBSTRUCTIVE (Cold
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
obstruction • COPD ... alkalosis drive • Hypoxemia ... #respiratory #bloodgas ... #interpretation
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Asthma vs COPD Presentation ... between attacks COPD ... of right heart failure ... Subxiphoid PMI • COPD ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Asthma #COPD
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
/Chronic renal failure ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... lung disease (COPD ... Nephrology #ABG #bloodgas
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... #Respiratory #Failure ... #hypoxia #Differential
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
• Left heart failure ... disease causing hypoxemia ... • COPD, ILD, ... chronic renal failure ... right ventricular failure
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
: inheriting 2 copies ... Loss of parental copy ... and infantile failure ... , sleep apnea, cor ... pulmonale #PraderWilli
Hypophosphatemia and Hypoxia - Pathophysiology

↓ Phosphate leads to ↓ red cell 2,3-DPG and a  reduction
acute respiratory failure ... phosphorus is seen in COPD ... patients with COPD ... insufficiency and failure-to-wean ... pathophysiology #pulmonary