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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... Post-extubation in high risk ... Contraindications: • Risk ... facial hair) • Risk ... #criticalcare #
Fat Embolism Syndrome
Trauma to the long bone or pelvis accounts for —9096 of cases. The diagnosis
fractures reduces the risk ... Pathophysiology ... onset widespread pulmonary ... FES is a clinical ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Alzheimer’s Disease: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Risk factor for Late Onset Alzheimer's (99% of cases):
 - Increasing
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... Findings Risk ... Apolipoprotein E4 allele Risk ... mutations - Down syndrome ... AlzheimersDisease #Dementia #pathophysiology
Problem Representation - Approach to the Infectious Disease Patient

Who: Patient age and host/risk factors (such as
Patient age and host/risk ... illness What: Key signs ... that define the clinical ... syndrome - Does ... e.g. brain and lung
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
3-4 ml/kg, the risk ... to minimize the risk ... #pathophysiology ... #ards #foamed #criticalcare ... #respiratory #clinical
Refeeding Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings

Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome:
 - Little or no nutritional
Pathogenesis and clinical ... Patients at Risk ... - CHF - Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology ... #symptoms #signs
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... Change in clinical ... days before Pulmonary ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... week of a known clinical ... lobar collapse, lung ... Hg with PEEP or CPAP ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... with an increased risk ... • Increased risk ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #causes #cardiology
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
An acute rise or ... hypertension and no other risk ... hypertension and signs ... 109 mm Hg) with clinical ... renal bruit or signs