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Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Phenotypes
Pink Puffers (robust vent drive) ↑ their WOB when pulmonary mechanics gradually
Chronic Hypercapnic ... Respiratory Failure ... rise) → chronic hypercapnia ... amzn.to/3rEtbK8 #Hypercapnic ... #Respiratory #Failure
Tachypnea - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Alkalemia:
 • Acute Respiratory Alkalosis
 • Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure
Alkalemia: • Acute Respiratory ... Alkalosis • Chronic Hypercapnic ... Respiratory Failure ... Superimposed • Acute Hypercapnic ... Respiratory Failure
Flapping tremors of Asterixis

DDx
- Decompensated cirrhosis or acute liver failure.
- Renal failure /azotemia.
- Respiratory failure with
- Respiratory ... dioxide toxicity (hypercapnia
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Respiratory Acidosis ... CO2 production Respiratory ... diuretics P - Post-hypercapnea ... alkalosis #metabolic #respiratory
Approach to Elevated Bicarbonate (HCO3)
Risk Factors for Hypercapnea? (Hx of COPD, OSA, sedative use, CNS/muscular disorders?)
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Risk Factors for Hypercapnea ... ) Evaluate for Respiratory
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
, defecation) Respiratory ... • Hypoxia • Hypercapnia
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
General schema for respiratory ... • Permissive hypercapnia ... Care @iBookCC #respiratory
Causes of Postoperative Hypercarbia:
Hypoventilation 
 - drug-induced central respiratory depression 
 - intrapulmonary abnormality 
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drug-induced central respiratory ... #Differential #Hypercapnia
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory ... Bronchitis, Adult respiratory ... Hypoventilation, Permissive hypercapnia ... #respiratory
ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Fundamentals
Definitions:
 • ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) provides prolonged pulmonary and/or circulatory support
hypoxemia/mixed respiratorv ... ECCO2R: Refractory hypercapnia