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Ventilator Basics - Waveforms for Types of Breaths
 - Volume Control
 - Volume Assist
 - Pressure
Ventilator Basics ... Pressure Support #Ventilator ... Waveforms #Breaths #diagnosis ... #pulmonary #mechanical ... #ventilation
Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
Visualization - Mechanical ... Ventilation Pressures ... Inspiratory Pause: Ventilator ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis ... Pathophysiology #Pulmonary
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
and to monitor cardiac ... & pulmonary physiology ... dysynchrony during mechanical ... waveforms #patterns #diagnosis ... #pulmonary #ETCO2
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
excluded more common diagnoses ... 2/3 still need mechanical ... ventilation Chronic ... ventilation Dr ... #pulmonary
Ventilator Troubleshooting Summary
High PIP, nl Pplat:
 - DDx: Tubing problem, Bronchospasm, Secretions
 - Next Steps: Check
Ventilator Troubleshooting ... Residents @mghmedres #Ventilator ... Troubleshooting #diagnosis ... #management #pulmonary ... #mechanical #ventilation
Work Shifting - Mechanical Ventilation
Why the new term:
Synchrony issues, by definition, have to do with timing.
Work Shifting - Mechanical ... Ventilation Why ... #WorkShifting #Mechanical ... #diagnosis #criticalcare ... #pulmonary
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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increased afterload, mechanical ... impairment - Cardiac ... Differential #Causes #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Intraoperative Patient ... • Discontinue ventilation ... #Airway #Fire #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis
Normal Hemodynamic Cardiac Parameters

Central Venous Pressure 

Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure 

Cardiac Index 

Stroke Index 

Systemic Vascular
Normal Hemodynamic Cardiac ... Venous Pressure Pulmonary ... Wedge Pressure Cardiac ... Pressures #Normal #Cardiology ... #Diagnosis #Index
Intraoperative Cardiac Ischaemia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

If the patient is unconscious, signs of cardiac
Intraoperative Cardiac ... consultation with cardiology ... Ischemia #Ischaemia #Anesthesiology ... #Anesthesia #Intraoperative ... #Checklist #Diagnosis