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Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Understanding & Treating ARDS ... - respiratory failure ... @nickmmark #ARDS ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
to the i-STAR Algorithm ... difficult airway management ... haemodynamic impairment Set ... ARDSnet low-PEEP table ... #CriticalCare
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... by attaching a table ... to your airway checklist ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Intubation #Airway #Checklist
Checklist for Return to Supine Position

#Proning #Proned #Algorithm #Supine #Supination #ARDS #Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Checklist for Return ... Proning #Proned #Algorithm ... Supine #Supination #ARDS ... #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
COVID-19 Hypoxia Management

Indication for endotracheal intubation?
Tolerating supplemental oxygen?
Consider HFNC
Not tolerating HFNC or HFNC is not available?
Consider
COVID-19 Hypoxia Management ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm #survivingsepsis
Pediatric SVT - Management Algorithm
Identify SVT:
 • HR not variable
 • Abrupt rate changes
 • Infants:
Pediatric SVT - Management ... Algorithm Identify ... Monitors, Pads AP Stable ... shock or heart failure ... #Algorithm #peds
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist ... pre-existing heart failure ... esp in work-up/management ... #ICU #Pearls #Checklist ... diagnosis #workup #criticalcare
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
the disease and not ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
checklist Evaluation ... ERCP - Not routinely ... limit them as able ... #Pancreatitis #Checklist ... #CriticalCare
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
pneumonia vs. heart failure ... ), not the ABG values ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm