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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
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
Oxygen Delivery Systems and Approximate FiO2:
#Management #SupplementalO2 #Oxygen #Delivery #Devices #Interface #FiO2 #NonRebreather #HFNC #NasalCannula #Simple
Approximate FiO2: #Management ... Delivery #Devices #Interface
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
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
The contours of the left and right diaphragm should be visible.
The right diaphragm should be visible
Actually we see the interface ... the air in the lungs ... Here the interface
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
head/neck surgery Interfaces ... Ventilation #diagnosis #management ... indications #pulmonary #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
Oxygen delivery & ABG interpretation made easier with this simple colour-coded table. Please share, and print
Birks @BirksMD #Management ... Delivery #Devices #Interfaces