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Conventional vs Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) - Pressure Waveforms 
 - Dr. Josh Farkas @PulmCrit

#Diagnosis
Conventional vs Airway ... Pressure Release Ventilation ... #CriticalCare # ... APRV #Comparison ... PressureRelease #Ventilation
Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
Overview of Ventilator ... APRV - Airway Pressure ... Release Ventilation ... #CriticalCare # ... Comparison #Management
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) - Pressure Waveform @PulmCrit

#Diagnosis #CriticalCare #APRV #PressureRelease #Ventilation #Waveforms
Airway Pressure ... Release Ventilation ... Waveform @PulmCrit #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... #Ventilation #Waveforms
APRV - Overview 

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) uses prolonged periods of high continuous positive airway
Airway pressure ... release ventilation ... continuous positive airway ... #CriticalCare # ... Ventilation #Management
Neonatal Resuscitation - Airway and Breathing
Airway
 • Opened by placing the infants's head in a neutral
ventilation • ... ventilation • ... e.g. mechanical ventilator ... and mechanical ventilation ... ventilation is
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
Suspect when flow on ventilator ... maneuver on the ventilator ... overall minute ventilation ... disconnect patient from ventilator ... #management #criticalcare
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
• Difficult mask ... ventilation ... of spontaneous ventilation ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #CriticalCare ... #Management
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
Invasive Mechanical Ventilation ... lung-protective ventilation ... strategies or APRV ... indication for prone ventilation ... #schema #criticalcare
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
Mechanical ventilation ... difficult mask ventilation ... positive pressure ventilation ... Set - Up Initial Ventilation ... #CriticalCare
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... Inability to protect airway ... / remove mask, ... Positive #Pressure #Ventilation ... #diagnosis #management