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Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
triggered) is the same set ... triggered ) is a set ... pressure (IP) for a set ... dynamically changes inspiratory ... #CriticalCare #
(S)CMV - Synchronized Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Summary
Most Similar to "AC/VC"
Basic Set Parameters:
  1) Rate
Controlled Mechanical Ventilation ... Happening: - The ventilator ... patients with respiratory ... patients with respiratory ... sensitivity, flow pattern
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation - Modes of Mechanical Ventilation - Comparison Table

You now know many modes whether
of Mechanical Ventilation ... - Comparison Table ... realize it or not ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Breaths #Comparison #Table
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
does not go back ... to O before next ... maneuver on the ventilator ... overall minute ventilation ... diagnosis #management #criticalcare
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
of noninvasive respiratory ... heart failure), not ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Noninvasive #Ventilation ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
Proposed Respiratory ... Support Algorithm ... the disease and not ... the mechanical ventilation ... management #schema #criticalcare
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
to the i-STAR Algorithm ... haemodynamic impairment Set ... ARDSnet low-PEEP table ... Parameters • Respiratory ... obese #Management #CriticalCare
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
General schema for respiratory ... • Typically set ... Care @iBookCC #respiratory ... management #schema #criticalcare ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
Weaning from the Ventilator ... - Algorithm Setting ... steroids & NMB • Respiratory ... #Algorithm #Extubation ... #CriticalCare #
Non-Invasive Ventilation (BiPAP) Algorithm - Indications and Contraindications
Indications for NIV:
 • COPD - pH <7.35, pCO2
Non-Invasive Ventilation ... (BiPAP) Algorithm ... Neuromuscular disease - Respiratory ... #BiPAP #Algorithm ... #criticalcare #