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Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... Clinical Network #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... #Mechanical #Ventilation ... #Protocol #ARDS
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
Mechanical ventilation ... difficult airway management ... • Mechanical ... • ECMO: consider ... #Management #CriticalCare
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... Febrile illness + ARDS ... ventilation • ... ECMO, HD By ... #management #treatment
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... heart failure should ... assessment“ (e.g. echo ... #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Weakness: May require ventilator ... Guillain-Barre Diagnosis ... Plasmapheresis + IVIG • Mechanical ... ventilation • ... #diagnosis #management
ECMO Troubleshooting - OnePager Summary
ECMO Emergency Protocol - Team should train/practice & have necessary supplies at
Protocol - Team should ... or any serious mechanical ... POST-CANNULATION SYNDROME ... #differential #management ... #criticalcare
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
factor PRES Diagnosis ... on MRA/CTA • Anterior ... count in the CSF should ... Seizures: Treat with AEDs ... #diagnosis #management
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
acute coronary syndrome ... and perhaps even mechanical ... Impella, LVAD, ECMO ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare