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Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
pneumonia vs. heart failure ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #BiPAP #BiLevel ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm ... #PulmCrit
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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
- Bi-Level Positive ... acute respiratory failure ... Chronic respiratory failure ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
COVID-19 Intubation Checklist

Personal protective equipment (PPE)
 • Standard PPE
   • N95 or PAPR.
COVID-19 Intubation ... include: • BiPÅP ... Josh Farkas @pulmcrit ... #Checklist #SARSCoV2 ... #Management #CriticalCare
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Liver function tests ... and/or digoxin level ... lungs - Consider BiPAP ... (vS intubation)
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
early HFNC or BiPAP ... - Intubation ... ://twitter.com/PulmCrit ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Possible approach to empiric anticoagulation in COVID-19

Is D-dimer above '"1,000-2,000 ng/ml?
Contraindication to anticoagulation?
Check fibrinogen level and/or
Check fibrinogen level ... Josh Farkas @pulmcirt ... anticoagulation #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... #algorithm #SARSCOV2