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

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
Visualization - Mechanical ... Ventilation Pressures ... (PIP): Dynamic pressure ... Inspiratory Pause: Ventilator ... Diagnosis #Balloon #Pathophysiology
The biotrauma hypothesis of ventilator-induced lung injury. IL = interleukin; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure; Pplat
end-expiratory pressure ... Pplat = plateau pressure ... #Pathophysiology ... Barotrauma #Injury #Mechanical ... #Ventilation
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation - Modes of Mechanical Ventilation - Comparison Table

You now know many modes whether
of Mechanical Ventilation ... - Comparison Table ... delivered (Volume or Pressure ... #Breaths #Comparison ... Table #Volume #Pressure
Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
Overview of Ventilator ... volume (TV) PC - Pressure ... assist control pressure ... #CriticalCare #Comparison ... #Management #Mechanical
COVID-19 - Awake Self-Proning

Physiology of proning:
 - more homogenous ventilation
 - decrease ventral-dorsal transpulmonary pressure difference
COVID-19 - Awake ... more homogenous ventilation ... transpulmonary pressure ... #prone #awake #covid19 ... #sarscov2 #management
Effect of Obesity (increased pleural pressure) on Airway Pressures in Mechanical Ventilation
AKA when to tolerate an
increased pleural pressure ... ) on Airway Pressures ... in Mechanical Ventilation ... 3rEtbK8 #Obesity #mechanical ... #ventilation #pathophysiology
Mechanical Ventilation: The Basics
In the most basic sense, ventilator modes are defined by their control variable
Mechanical Ventilation ... most basic sense, ventilator ... , Delivers set pressure ... Support Ventilation ... Basics #Modes #Comparison
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Guillain-Barre Pathophysiology ... like illnesses, COVID ... Weakness: May require ventilator ... Plasmapheresis + IVIG • Mechanical ... ventilation
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
normal - Low ventilation-to-perfusion ... pulmonary artery pressure ... and superimposed pressure ... Citerio @Dr_Cit #COVID19 ... Diagnosis #Management #SARSCOV2