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CAP, HCAP, HAP and VAP - Diagnosis and Treatment

HCAP & CAP – those presenting to the
and Treatment ... the hospital or mechanical ... ventilation, respectively ... Pneumonia #Acquired #Community ... Diagnosis #Management #Treatment
Trends in invasive mechanical ventilation, hydroxychloroquine, remdesivir, and corticosteroids in the US from April to July
Trends in invasive mechanical ... ventilation, hydroxychloroquine ... #clinical #COVID19 ... #management #COVID ... infectiousdiseases #treatment
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
pericarditis SCAP ... pneumonia, MV mechanical ... ventilation, ARDS ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Severity and Prognosis
Criteria for Severe CAP - Severe CAP present in 1
Community Acquired ... - Severe CAP present ... failure requiring mechanical ... ventilation • ... #Community #Acquired
REBEL Review 98: Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Management via Katrina D'Amore, MD


#FOAMed #COVID19 #COVID19FOAM #clinical #treatment
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... #FOAMed #COVID19 ... COVID19FOAM #clinical #treatment ... #NIPPV #CPAP #BPAP
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
Community Acquired ... History in favor of CAP ... failure requiring mechanical ... ventilation • ... #Community #Acquired
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
patients with COVID ... • Titrate CPAP ... ideal) Invasive Mechanical ... Ventilation • ... respiratory #support #COVID19
Creatine Kinase - Causes of Elevated CK Levels
Acute CK Elevation (Pain > Weakness):
 • RHABDOMYOLYSIS
alcohol - Medications ... Illness: viral (COVID19 ... ICU, steroids, mechanical ... ventilation) • ... deficiency - Medications
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Community Acquired ... Newly required mechanical ... ventilation by ... or noninvasive ventilation ... #Pulmonary #Community
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
like illnesses, COVID ... Weakness: May require ventilator ... Treatment: • Plasmapheresis ... + IVIG • Mechanical ... ventilation