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Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
Visualization - Mechanical ... Ventilation Pressures ... Pause: Ventilator ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
Differential Diagnosis ... PE, Decreased Mechanical ... Ventilation • ... Respiratory Alkalosis ... Ventilation
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Diagnosis: Causes ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... hypoventilation) - Airway ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
capnography assesses ventilation ... Capnography measures ventilation ... pathophysiology ... • Monitoring airway ... interpretation #patterns #diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Acid-Base Disorders ... Alkalosis A. ... Hepatic failure, Mechanical ... Airway: Obstruction
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
consciousness Differential ... • Mutism Pathophysiology ... pressure support ventilation ... #PhysicalExam #neurology ... #comatose #diagnosis