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Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
ventilation (where ETC02 ... Specific capnograph patterns ... : hypovolemia, hypoventilation ... interpretation #waveforms #patterns ... diagnosis #pulmonary #ETCO2
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
plateau - ETCO2 ... zero WAVEFORM PATTERNS ... surface - Pattern ... embolism - Hyperventilation ... interpretation #patterns
Table of Breathing Patterns and Their Associated Conditions
Apnea
Biot's respirations
Bradypnea
Cheyne-Stokes respirations	
Hyperpnea
Hyperventilation
Hypoventilation
Kussmaul respirations
Orthopnea
Paradoxic ventilation
Sighing respirations
Tachypnea
Hoover's sign

#Breathing #Patterns #Diagnosis
Table of Breathing Patterns ... respirations Hyperpnea Hyperventilation ... Hypoventilation ... #Breathing #Patterns
Capnography Waveforms
Sudden loss of waveform
 • ET tube disconnected, dislodged, kinked or obstructec
 • Loss of
function Decreasing EtCO2 ... Asthma • COPD Hypoventilation ... Hyperventilation ... Decreased EtCO2 ... Interpretation #ETCO2
An Approach to Jaundice Workup Algorithm by CBC and LFT Pattern

- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong

#Jaundice #Workup
by CBC and LFT Pattern ... Workup #Algorithm #Patterns
CAPNOGRAPHY 
Provides a measure of ventilation – or concentration of CO2 exhaled air (aka end tidal
end tidal CO2 or etCO2 ... Apnea or hypoventilation ... #EtCO2 #Capnography ... #curarecleft #hypoventilation ... #hyperventilation
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
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and Cytoplasmic Patterns ... Nuclear Patterns ... • Homogeneous pattern ... cases) • Speckled pattern ... • Centromere pattern
3 ECG patterns for Acute Occlusion MI (OMI) without meeting ST elevation criteria
 • Posterior MI
3 ECG patterns for ... • De Winter's Pattern
Deep T Wave Inversions - Differential
Normal variants 
  A. Juvenile T wave pattern
Juvenile T wave pattern ... related neurogenic patterns ... Typical patterns ... to as 'strain" patterns ... Wolff-Parkinson-White patterns
Here is a lymph node that is lymphoid-depleted, fibrotic, and burned-out, typical of late phase HIV
KyleBradleyMD "Pattern ... infection) - "Pattern ... phase between pattern ... hyperplasia) and pattern ... Lymphadenitis #PatternC