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Graded Oxygen Administration in COVID-19

#respiratory #support #COVID19 #management #schema #criticalcare #hypoxia #failure #algorithm #coronavirus #sarscov2 #oxygen
#respiratory #support ... management #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm #coronavirus
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
cardiovascular failure ... cardiopulmonary failure ... Lmin (100-150 mL/kg ... Assess perfusion (eg ... management #pulmonary #criticalcare
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
Selecting Respiratory Support ... patient's diagnosis (e.g ... pneumonia vs. heart failure ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
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Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
Algorithm in COVID19 ... low flow oxygen (e.g ... management #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
COVID-19 Hypoxia Management

Indication for endotracheal intubation?
Tolerating supplemental oxygen?
Consider HFNC
Not tolerating HFNC or HFNC is not available?
Consider
#respiratory #support ... management #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm #survivingsepsis
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
for respiratory support ... volumes of ~6 cc/kg ... management #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
hypertension (e.g ... ultrasonography might support ... chronic renal failure ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... ) UOP > 0.5 cc/kg ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... #algorithm #treatment
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... tests, synthetic failure ... evaluation of the pattern ... should be sought to support ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Decompensated Heart Failure ... ECG is vital while ... even mechanical support ... #differential #algorithm ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare