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Prone Ventilation in Critical Care - Procedure Instructions
Step 1 – Staffing 
Step 2 – Positioning
Step 3
Prone Ventilation ... in Critical Care ... Step 3 – Patient wrapping ... ICS_updates #Prone #Ventilation ... Proning #Steps #Management
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
Progressive air trapping ... maneuver on the ventilator ... overall minute ventilation ... AutoPEEP #PEEP #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
likelihood and clinical ... impact of basic management ... Difficult mask ventilation ... of spontaneous ventilation ... airway #algorithm #Anesthesiology
Noninvasive Ventilation Summary
Positive pressure ventilation that is delivered through a nasal, mask, or helmet interface and
Noninvasive Ventilation ... Positive pressure ventilation ... breathing by improving pulmonary ... patients with air trapping ... #management #pulmonary
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
capnography assesses ventilation ... Capnography measures ventilation ... data regarding pulmonary ... pathophysiology CLINICAL ... output state - Pulmonary
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
bag moving OR ventilator ... switching to hand ventilation ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Plexiform-lesion formation Clinical ... parenchymal pattern • Ventilation-perfusion ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... PositivePressure #Ventilation ... #criticalcare #management
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
inform immediate clinical ... adequate lung ventilation ... Anaesthetic #Toxicity #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Cardiac Tamponade - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Caused by an accumulation of blood, pus, effusion fluid
help and inform clinical ... volume, low/no PEEP ventilation ... Plan definitive management ... Cardiac #Tamponade #Anesthesiology ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management