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Table 4. Recommended Initial Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (Non-Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia) #Management #InfectiousDiseases #Empiric #Antibiotics
Therapy for Hospital-Acquired ... Pneumonia (Non-Ventilator-Associated ... Pneumonia) #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Adjuvant therapies in critical ... Severe Community Acquired ... MV mechanical ventilation ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management
CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
or mechanical ventilation ... VAP #Pneumonia #Acquired ... Community #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #InfectiousDisease
Trends in invasive mechanical ventilation, hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, and corticosteroids in the US from April to July
invasive mechanical ventilation ... #clinical #COVID19 ... #management #COVID ... #coronavirus #infectiousdiseases
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
Table 3. Suggested Empiric Treatment Options for Clinically Suspected Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Units Where Empiric Methicillin-Resistant
Treatment Options for Clinically ... Suspected Ventilator-Associated ... Are Appropriate #Management ... #InfectiousDiseases
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
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Diagnosis and Management ... mechanical ventilation ... aeruginosa Clinical ... #treatment #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