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

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
(PIP): Dynamic pressure ... ) Inspiratory Pause ... (Static pressure ... #PPlat #PEEP #CriticalCare ... Diagnosis #Balloon #Pathophysiology
APRV - Overview 

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) uses prolonged periods of high continuous positive airway
Overview Airway pressure ... ventilation (APRV) uses ... positive airway pressures ... MDaniyalHashmi1 #APRV #CriticalCare ... #Ventilation #Management
REBEL Review 74: Push-Dose Epinephrine 

9 mL Saline + 1 mL Epi (100mcq/mL) = Epinephrine 10mcg/mL
#pushdose #pressors ... resuscitation #criticalcare ... #management #pharmacology
Drug-Induced Edema
Drug-induced edema is caused by many drugs & can coincide with or worsen pre-existing peripheral
Drug-induced edema is caused ... Increased hydrostatic pressure ... Decreased oncotic pressure ... #Differential #Pharmacology ... #Pathophysiology
Vasopressors Demystified

Shock comes in many flavors and so do vasopressors. Here’s a OnePager summarizing my approach
my approach to pressors ... Vasopressors #Basics #CriticalCare ... #Management #Pharmacology
Pressors and Inotropes

Norepinephrine
 • alpha1 > beta 1
 • Increase SVR > Inotropy
Vasopressin
 • V1
 •
Pressors and Inotropes ... thematttsai #Pressors ... #Inotropes #criticalcare ... #pharmacology # ... comparison #shock #management
Pathological Optic Disc Cupping

Note cup-to-disc ratio at least 0.8 (physiologic limit of 0.5).

Thinning of optic disc
Usual cause is glaucoma ... Glaucoma causes ... high intraocular pressure ... Cupping #fundoscopy #ophthalmology ... #Clinical
Conceptual Relationship between Volume Responsiveness and Volume Tolerance

Assessing for volume responsiveness would only tell you that
Causes of "Left ... decreased oncotic pressure ... #Differential #Pathophysiology ... #CriticalCare
Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis

Stress ulcerations are common in ICU patients and may lead to hemorrhage if not
hospitalization) • Pathophysiology ... Risk Factors • Clinical ... #Prophylaxis #criticalcare ... #pharmacology # ... management
Central Retinal Vein Occlusion (CRVO)
 - Pathophysiology not fully understood; possibly due to thrombus located in
Occlusion (CRVO) - Pathophysiology ... Second most common cause ... disease (Most common cause ... retinopathy) #Clinical ... #Ophthalmology