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COVID-19 RESPIRATORY PATHWAY ALGORITHM
Awake proning may help with oxygenation
Permissive hypoxemia, if closely monitored and in the
COVID-19 RESPIRATORY ... oxygenation Permissive hypoxemia ... poor perfusion/respiratory ... FOAMpodcast #COVID19 #RESPIRATORY ... Coronavirus #SARSCOV2 #Hypoxemia
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
General schema for respiratory ... in more severe hypoxemia ... for refractory hypoxemia ... Care @iBookCC #respiratory ... #criticalcare #hypoxia
Comparison of Pathologic Breathing Patterns
Biot's respiration aka ataxic respiration:
 - Periodic breathing: hyperpnea (or normopnea) and
Apnea - Sleep/Hypoxemia ... of the brain (respiratory ... Breathing #Patterns #Respiratory
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory ... Causes: Decreased respiratory ... cause of hypoxemic respiratory ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... #Failure #hypoxia
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Respiratory Acidosis ... CO2 production Respiratory ... alkalosis drive • Hypoxemia ... alkalosis #metabolic #respiratory
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory ... Hypoxemia or tissue ... hypoxia: High altitude ... Bronchitis, Adult respiratory ... hypercapnia #respiratory
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... arterial #pulmonary #Hypoxia ... #hypoxemia #differential
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
positional dyspnea and hypoxemia ... observe how the respiratory ... video #breathing #respiratory
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
if findings of respiratory ... grunting, tachypnea, hypoxemia
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Criteria for Acute Respiratory ... Syndrome (ARDS) - Respiratory ... severity of the hypoxemia ... #ARDS #Acute #Respiratory