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Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
Mechanical Ventilation ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #CriticalCare # ... ARDSNet #Ventilator ... #Mechanical #Ventilation
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
Mechanical ventilation ... difficult airway management ... Low-moderate PEEP (ARDSnet ... • Mechanical ... #Management #CriticalCare
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Can begin in arms ... Weakness: May require ventilator ... Plasmapheresis + IVIG • Mechanical ... ventilation • ... #diagnosis #management
Mechanical Ventilation: The Basics
In the most basic sense, ventilator modes are defined by their control variable
Mechanical Ventilation ... scenario, PEEP: ARDSnet ... scenario, PEEP: ARDSnet ... Basics #Modes #Comparison ... #management #criticalcare
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
patients need inotrope ... acute coronary syndrome ... and perhaps even mechanical ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
May have typical HF ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... Consider early mechanical ... therapy, including inotropes ... teratogenic GDMT meds