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

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
Pressures - PIP, PPlat ... Plateau Pressure (PPlat ... MechanicalVentilation #Pressures #PPlat ... #CriticalCare #Diagnosis
Driving Pressure in Mechanical Ventilation

Driving Pressure (delta P) = Pplat - PEEP

Salim R. Rezaie, MD @srrezaie

#DrivingPressure
Pressure (delta P) = Pplat ... CriticalCare #Management #Diagnosis
Ventilator Waveform Troubleshooting - High Peak Pressures

This OnePager explains how you can rapidly determine if High
PeakPressures #Waveforms #Diagnosis ... CriticalCare #PPeak #PPlat
Ventilator Troubleshooting Summary
High PIP, nl Pplat:
 - DDx: Tubing problem, Bronchospasm, Secretions
 - Next Steps: Check
Summary High PIP, nl Pplat ... High PIP, high Pplat ... Troubleshooting #diagnosis
The biotrauma hypothesis of ventilator-induced lung injury. IL = interleukin; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure; Pplat
end-expiratory pressure; Pplat
If your PIP and Plateau are both elevated then this indicates lung disease and decreased compliance
resistance #Diagnosis ... CriticalCare #PIP #PPlat
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) - Early application of airway pressure release ventilation may reduce the
compliance, decreased Pplat
Air trapping (auto-PEEP) = gas trapped in alveoli at end-expiration. Suspect auto-PEEP if P(plat) >30 cm
auto-PEEP if P(plat ... PCC #AutoPEEP #AirTrapping
Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis According to Localization of Abdominal Pain 

Abdominal pain can originate from
- Differential Diagnosis ... your differential diagnoses ... When diagnosing ... the differential diagnoses ... #Diagnosis #Differential
Anemia - Diagnostic Differential Algorithm

- Briana Ruíz Christophers @BriChristophers

#Anemia #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Hematology #Differential
Anemia - Diagnostic ... Anemia #Algorithm #Diagnosis