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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function ... Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... • Normal • Pulmonary ... #FunctionTests ... #PFTs #Interpretation
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Interpretation ... - Vomiting, NG suction ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... hypoventilation) - Airway ... bloodgas #Acid #Base #Gas
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increase fresh gas ... consider passing suction ... pressure gas trapping ... arterial blood gas ... o Aspiration, pulmonary
HFNC compared to NIV
HFNC:
- Comfort - Higher comfort  Eating, drinking and speaking less impaired 
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less impaired - Airway ... - Mucociliary function ... and humidified gas ... application - Pulmonary ... pressure - Extra pulmonary
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
Has it moved since ... to the lung or airways ... injury to lung or airways ... precipitate re-expansion pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Assessment #Pulmonary
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
data regarding pulmonary ... • Monitoring airway ... • MECHANICAL AIRWAY ... output state - Pulmonary ... #Capnography #interpretation
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
, e.g. suction catheters ... visualisation and suction ... lung inflation, as ... if aspiration has ... negative-pressure pulmonary
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
neck (usually has ... also important as ... Attempt to pass suction ... Attempt to pass suction ... differential #management #pulmonary
Noninvasive Ventilation Summary
Positive pressure ventilation that is delivered through a nasal, mask, or helmet interface and
of an invasive airway ... (such as an endotracheal ... sedation • Increases functional ... breathing by improving pulmonary ... Ventilation #management #pulmonary
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
Increase fresh gas ... consider passing suction ... arterial blood gas ... tracheal/bronchial suction ... o Aspiration, pulmonary