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Ventilator Waveform Troubleshooting - High Peak Pressures

This OnePager explains how you can rapidly determine if High
Ventilator Waveform Troubleshooting ... #Ventilator #Troubleshooting ... CriticalCare #PPeak #PPlat
Ventilator Troubleshooting Summary
High PIP, nl Pplat:
 - DDx: Tubing problem, Bronchospasm, Secretions
 - Next Steps: Check
Ventilator Troubleshooting ... Summary High PIP, nl Pplat ... High PIP, high Pplat ... #Ventilator #Troubleshooting
Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
Pressures - PIP, PPlat ... Plateau Pressure (PPlat ... MechanicalVentilation #Pressures #PPlat
Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) troubleshooting (Algorithm 2).

#Diagnosis #LVAD #Assessment #Evaluation #Algorithm2 #BMJ
device (LVAD) troubleshooting
Driving Pressure in Mechanical Ventilation

Driving Pressure (delta P) = Pplat - PEEP

Salim R. Rezaie, MD @srrezaie

#DrivingPressure
Pressure (delta P) = Pplat
The biotrauma hypothesis of ventilator-induced lung injury. IL = interleukin; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure; Pplat
end-expiratory pressure; Pplat
External Ventricular Drain (EVD) Troubleshooting for Neurosurgery Residents

Low Hanging Fruit
 • Has the system become disconnected
Ventricular Drain (EVD) Troubleshooting ... Ventricular #Drain #EVD #Troubleshooting
If your PIP and Plateau are both elevated then this indicates lung disease and decreased compliance
CriticalCare #PIP #PPlat
General Algorithms for Assessment of the Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) (Algorithms 1, 2 and 3)

Algorithm
Algorithm 2: LVAD troubleshooting
CPAP Troubleshooting Tips
1. Wrong size/style mask → try a different mask, nasal pillows
2. Trouble getting used
CPAP Troubleshooting ... BrighamChiefs #CPAP #Troubleshooting