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Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
waveform is composed ... Downsloping phase III: copd ... airway obstruction, copd ... #interpretation ... #waveforms #patterns
Capnography Waveforms
Sudden loss of waveform
 • ET tube disconnected, dislodged, kinked or obstructec
 • Loss of
Capnography Waveforms ... Sudden loss of waveform ... • Asthma • COPD ... #CriticalCare #Capnography ... #Waveforms #Interpretation
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... Algorithm • Normal ... Non-Emphysematous COPD ... Emphysematous COPD ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
obstruction • COPD ... Medications, Central, ↑ CO2 ... nickmmark #acidbase #workup ... #algorithm #diagnosis ... respiratory #bloodgas #interpretation