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Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
mortality), Other causes ... of respiratory failure ... head/neck surgery Interfaces ... Spontaneous Time (a.k.a BiLevel ... indications #pulmonary #interfaces
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
pneumonia vs. heart failure ... CriticalCare #BiPAP #BiLevel ... #HFNC #HighFlow ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure ... capillary-alveolar interface ... : Interstitial lung ... bypassing the lungs ... #Respiratory #Failure
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congestive Heart Failure ... Diseases #ILD #Causes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Right-Sided Heart Failure ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Left-Sided Heart Failure ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congestive heart failure ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... #Hepatology #causes
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
• (Helmet interface ... useful to allow for lung-protective ... use conventional lung-protective ... criticalcare #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
Hyponatremia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm in Cancer
UOsm ≥ 100 mOsm/kg = Urine is inappropriately concentrated for hypotonic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... RSW) • Heart failure ... tumors, brain or lung ... chemotherapy, nausea ... Diagnosis #Cancer #algorithm