279 results
Causes of False Elevation and Reduction in HbA1c

== False Elevation ==
Decreased RBC turnover 
• Iron, B-12,
and Reduction in HbA1c ... Elevation == Decreased ... Elevation #Reduction #HbA1c ... #HgbA1c #Laboratory ... #Increase #Decrease
Medications for High-Altitude Sickness 
Acetazolarnide 
 • Carbonic Anydrase Inhibitor Bicarb diuresis & metabolic Acidosis ->
Dexamethasone • Decrease ... vasogenic edema • Decrease ... Nifedipine • Decreases ... pulmonary arterial ... Medications #Management #Treatment
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
pressure, which can decrease ... Both can decrease ... In CHF, decreases ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... Cannot tolerate decreased
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
barotrauma and decreased ... • Decrease airway ... I:E ratio, decrease ... RR) • Decrease ... AutoPEEP #PEEP #pulmonary
COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
ventilation - decrease ... difference - decrease ... compression - increase ... sarscov2 #management #treatment
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Diagnosis Framework DECREASED ... • Low PATM Can decrease ... • Rising PaCO2 decreases ... lung diseases, pulmonary ... asthma, COPD, pulmonary
Capnography Waveforms
Sudden loss of waveform
 • ET tube disconnected, dislodged, kinked or obstructec
 • Loss of
10mmHg Sudden increase ... Hyperventilation Decreased ... #EndTidalCO2 #pulmonary
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
failure leads to an increase ... ferroportin → Decreased ... ferroportin leads to decreased ... functional ID) Treatment ... symptoms and QOL and decreased
Pulmonary Function Testing: Flow Volume Loop Patterns
 • Variable extra-thoracic obstruction - truncated or flattened inspiratory
Pulmonary Function ... expiratory flows and an increase ... expiratory flow with decreased ... FlowVolume #Loops #pulmonary
Treatment Algorithm for Pulmonary Hypertension

#Pulmonary #Hypertension #PAH #Treatment #Management #Algorithm #Medications
Treatment Algorithm ... for Pulmonary Hypertension ... #Pulmonary # ... Hypertension #PAH #Treatment