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General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
• (Helmet interface ... useful to allow for lung-protective ... use conventional lung-protective ... support #COVID19 #management
Oxygen Delivery Systems and Approximate FiO2:
#Management #SupplementalO2 #Oxygen #Delivery #Devices #Interface #FiO2 #NonRebreather #HFNC #NasalCannula #Simple
Approximate FiO2: #Management ... Delivery #Devices #Interface
Focused POCUS Lung and Cardiac Ultrasound Exams in COVID-19 Patients
1. Turn machine on / Enter patient
Focused POCUS Lung ... views of right lung ... and 4 views left lung ... score of any interspace ... in each lung zone
PA view
On the PA chest-film it is important to examine all the areas where the lung
areas where the lung ... these borders lung-soft ... tissue interfaces ... important mediastinal-lung ... interface to look
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound ... A-Profile - Air filled lung ... past the pleural interface ... consolidated portion of lung ... IMPOCUSFocus #ABCs #Lung
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
head/neck surgery Interfaces ... Ventilation #diagnosis #management ... indications #pulmonary #interfaces
COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical and laboratory testing
Lung Ultrasound
HRCT scan
In-hospital treatment
Severity assessment and respiratory support 
Post-mortem
Diagnosis and Management ... laboratory testing Lung ... Post-mortem studies Long-term ... COVID19 #Diagnosis #Management
Oxygen delivery & ABG interpretation made easier with this simple colour-coded table. Please share, and print
Birks @BirksMD #Management ... Delivery #Devices #Interfaces
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
masses is very long ... #Management #Radiology ... #Lung #Multiple
Air Bronchograms on Ultrasound

Opacification of alveolar spaces surrounding air-filled bronchioles; enables visualization of well-defined tissue/air interface;
well-defined tissue/air interface ... POCUS #Clinical #Lung