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A Non-Invasive approach to Respiratory Failure
 • COPD and Ventilatory Failure → NiPPV with Bi-level Settings
NiPPV with Bi-level ... Settings • CHF / Pulmonary ... • Pneumonia or ARDS ... #Failure #management ... #hypoxia #NIV
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... leading to increased pulmonary ... congestion with hypoxemia ... #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome ... (ARDS) - Respiratory ... consistent with pulmonary ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
mechanical ventilation, ARDS ... acute respiratory ... distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... #Pharmacology #Management
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Room Air + Sea Level ... Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... : Atelectasis, ARDS ... #Hypoxia #hypoxemia
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #criticalcare ... algorithm #treatment #management
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... pressure (PEEP) for pulmonary ... for hemoglobin level ... #Shock #Management ... #CriticalCare
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... , cough, hypoxia ... , and pulmonary ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... distress syndrome ... Fever 4. ... #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute respiratory ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... • Septic shock ... ) #Mycoses #InfectiousDiseases ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management