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A Model for Defining Frailty

Resiliency, Adaptive Capacity in Fit, Prefrail and Frail Patients

#Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Frailty #Model
A Model for Defining ... Frailty Resiliency ... Diagnosis #Geriatrics #Frailty ... #Model #Prefrailty
Barcode Sign in Pneumothorax on POCUS - M-Mode

seashore sign: normal lung sliding

barcode/stratosphere sign: pneumothorax 

#Pneumothorax #Barcode
Pneumothorax on POCUS - M-Mode ... #LungSliding #MMode
Deprescribing Algorithm for Deciding Order and Mode in which Drug Use Could be Discontinued

#Management #Geriatrics #Deprescribing
Deprescribing Algorithm ... Deciding Order and Mode ... Deprescribing #Protocol #Algorithm
Pneumothorax Diagnosis on M-Mode

Left Lung: Normal sliding, sandy beach appearance

Right Lung: No lung sliding, Barcode Sign!

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Diagnosis on M-Mode ... #LungSliding #MMode
Volume Assist/Control Mechanical Ventilation
How does this mode work?
 • Delivers a set volume of air with
How does this mode ... volume limited mode ... should I use this mode ... general-purpose mode ... pressures; pressure modes
Lung pulse visualized in M-mode

#Clinical #POCUS #LungPulse #MMode
visualized in M-mode ... POCUS #LungPulse #MMode
Barcode Sign - Absent Lung Sliding on M-Mode
Absent lung sliding with M-Mode (the Barcode or Stratosphere
Lung Sliding on M-Mode ... sliding with M-Mode ... ultrasound #pulmonary #mmode
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Ventilator Alarms
Increased Rate - Patient is tiring on a weaning mode or experiencing pain/anxiety
 - Reassess
tiring on a weaning mode ... consider adjusting mode ... tiring on weaning mode ... reached in PC mode ... increase RR in PC mode
Mechanical Ventilation: The Basics
In the most basic sense, ventilator modes are defined by their control variable
sense, ventilator modes ... determined by the mode ... there are many modes ... Often, a "weaning" mode ... Unlike in AC modes
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Pathologic / Fragility ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Immobilization #Fragility ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm