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Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
Check out the paradoxical ... movement Typical management ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma ... PhysicalExam #Pulmonary #Respiratory
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
• Other acute respiratory ... exacerbation) • Chronic respiratory ... deformity (facial trauma ... NIPPV #CPAP #BPAP #indications ... #criticalcare #management
Pharmacologic Management of ARDS

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) - Berlin Definition
Mechanical Ventilation - Minimizing "Baro trauma"
Fluid
Pharmacologic Management ... ARDS Acute Respiratory ... Minimizing "Baro trauma ... theABofPharmaC #ARDS #pharmacology ... #medications #management
Gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB) - Toxicology

Clinical presentation
 - Symptoms of GHB toxicity include: short term anterograde amnesia,
hypotension and respiratory ... withdrawal - Respiratory ... to sedation can paradoxically ... Toxicity #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pharmacology
Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Anti-Emetics Guide
Serotonin antagonists:
 • Ondansetron (Zofran), Granisetron (Kytril, Sancuso) - Headache,
Dizziness, drowsiness, paradoxical ... Lorazepam (Ativan) - Respiratory ... antiemetics #vomiting #medications ... #pharmacology #
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
ventilation, ARDS acute respiratory ... InfectiousDiseases #Infections #Pharmacology ... #Management #Treatment ... #Indications
Anti-IL6 Agents (Tocilizumab, Siltuximab) in COVID19

IL-6 activates T cells and macrophages, among other cell types (see
20% - Upper respiratory ... Siltuximab #COVID19 #Pharmacology ... #Management #Medications