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Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
CriticalCare #BiPAP #BiLevel ... #HFNC #HighFlow
Parasternal Short Axis (PSAX) - Mid-Level View - Regional Wall Anatomy on POCUS Echocardiogram

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#PSAX
Axis (PSAX) - Mid-Level ... UAlberta_Sono #PSAX #MidLevel
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
function below injury level ... Sensory loss below level ... light touch below level ... motor function, level ... temperature below level
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Spontaneous Time (a.k.a BiLevel
Echocardiogram and POCUS Cardiology Windows and Anatomy
 • Parasternal Long Axis (PLAX)
 • Subcostal 4 Chamber
Axis (PSAX) - Level ... Axis (PSAX) - Level
A Non-Invasive approach to Respiratory Failure
 • COPD and Ventilatory Failure → NiPPV with Bi-level Settings
NiPPV with Bi-level ... NiPPV CPAP or Bi-level
Adrenal Insufficiency Algorithm - Cosyntropin Stimulation Test
T-1m: Baseline cortisol drawn
T0: 250 µg cosyntropin given IV
T30m: Repeat
Repeat cortisol level ... Final cortisol level
POCUS Echocardiography - Table of Cardiac Views and Windows
 • Parastemal Long-Axis View (PLAX)
 • Parasternal
Aortic Valve (AV) Level ... Mitral Valve (MV) Level
Management of Chronic Hepatitis B

To use this table, match the HBeAG status (left), ALT level (top),
status (left), ALT level ... ), and HBV dna level
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
CRP Level: • A ... • ESR and CRP level ... consider: TSH level ... serum ferritin level ... • ESR and CRP level