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APRV - Overview 

Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) uses prolonged periods of high continuous positive airway
release ventilation ... (APRV) uses prolonged ... high continuous positive ... #CriticalCare #Ventilation ... #Management #AirwayPressureRelease
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Non-Invasive Positive ... Pressure Ventilation ... mortality), Other causes ... #Pressure #Ventilation ... #diagnosis #management
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
to the i-STAR Algorithm ... difficult airway management ... and non-invasive positive ... pressure ventilation ... #obese #Management
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
bag moving OR ventilator ... switching to hand ventilation ... Airway • Check position ... levelling patient position ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Hypotension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Hypotension is commonly due to unnecessarily deep anaesthesia, the autonomic
bag moving OR ventilator ... Airway • Check position ... intrathoracic pressure ... recheck blood pressure ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Normal hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound tracing
1) a large antegrade waveform (negative velocity) noted during early and
hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound ... caused by the increase ... retrograde wave (positive ... This wave is caused ... tracing #diagnosis #pocus
Adult ACLS - Cardiac Arrest Algorithm - AHA 2020
CPR Quality:
 • Push hard (at least 2
Cardiac Arrest Algorithm ... Avoid excessive ventilation ... :2 compression-ventilation ... intra-arterial Reversible Causes ... #AHA2020 #management
Cardiac Arrest - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

The probable cause is one or more of: something
Rapidly confirm ventilator ... provide manual ventilation ... Airway • Check position ... Evaluate the airway pressure ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
Guidelines for Crises ... bag moving OR ventilator ... Airway • Check position ... Consider known drug causes ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Intraoperative Hypertension - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Hypertension is most commonly due to inappropriate depth of
Recheck blood pressure ... bag moving OR ventilator ... Airway • Check position ... hypercarbia as causes ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management