8 results
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
- Bi-Level Positive ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... status • Won't Work ... Ventilation #NIPPV #CPAP ... #criticalcare #management
Intraoperative Laryngospasm and Stridor - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

❶ Call for help and inform theatre
• Continue CPAP ... Consider other causes ... negative-pressure pulmonary ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management ... #Workup
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... 6th decades of life ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... COP DDX: • CAP ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Patients with CHD are exceptionally sensitive to the effects of bronchiolitis on their volume status
Four principles
heart to improve pulmonary ... Anxiolysis to improve work ... it most, even if ... #Management #Peds ... #Pediatrics #CHD
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... for Three Common Causes ... pressure (PEEP) for pulmonary ... for hemoglobin level ... #Shock #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... days before Pulmonary ... OSA • Continue CPAP ... medical and surgical management
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Neonate

WHY CPAP? 
• Maintain airway patency 
• Helps avoid alveoli
resistance • Improves work ... abdominal distension if ... #Neonate #Management ... #ABCs #ABCDE #Peds ... #Pediatrics
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
misdiagnosed as CAP ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary