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Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... edema • Air: ... 12 / shallow breathing ... compliance (e.g., flail ... #Diagnosis #Management
Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
Protocol Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome Network ... NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical ... Network #Management
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... #Chest #Breathing ... Trauma #Video #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary ... #Respiratory
Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Understanding & Treating ... ARDS - Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... process • Origin of Edema ... #Management #CriticalCare
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... edema (most common ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... #Failure #hypoxia
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Wall Elasticity (flail ... Edema, Atelectasis ... #Hypoxia #hypoxemia
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... edema) • COPD ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #criticalcare #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... – ARDS: Clinical ... congestion with hypoxemia ... edema must be present
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... week of a known clinical ... edema must be present ... severity of the hypoxemia
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
positional dyspnea and hypoxemia ... observe how the respiratory ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #video #breathing ... #respiratory #pulmonary