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Driving Pressure in Mechanical Ventilation

Driving Pressure (delta P) = Pplat - PEEP

Salim R. Rezaie, MD @srrezaie

#DrivingPressure
MechanicalVentilation #CriticalCare ... #Management #Diagnosis ... #Table
History Taking for IBD - FECES Mnemonic
FECES:
F - Frequency- how often? nocturnal sx? 
E - Emptying
well-formed? ... self-management? ... mnemonic #FECES #diagnosis ... #gastroenterology
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenic Crisis ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... #Myasthenic #Crisis ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
- Differential Diagnosis ... reactions, adrenal crisis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #table #comparison ... #criticalcare
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexplained increase in ETCO2 AND tachycardia AND increased
Malignant Hyperthermia Crisis ... Guidelines for Crises ... Myoglobinaemia: forced ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
bloodstream infection - Management ... Hemodynamically stable ... Antibiotic Management ... Hernodynamically stable ... #diagnosis #management
Intraoperative Patient Fire - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Evidence of fire (smoke, heat, odour, flash, flame)
Guidelines for Crises ... odour, flash, flame ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Hemodynamics (Stable ... prognostication #diagnosis ... #management #stratification ... #criticalcare #
Endoscopic Bleeding Risk - Summary points from ASGE guideline 

Low Risk Procedures 
 - Diagnostic endoscopy
Procedures - Diagnostic ... Endoscopic #Bleeding #Risks ... #Gastroenterology ... LowRisk #HighRisk #Diagnosis ... #Management #Guidelines
Chronic Pancreatitis

Definition: A pathologic fibroinflammatory syndrome of the pancreas in individuals with genetic, environmental, and/or other
Obstructive) Diagnosis ... question after cross-sectional ... question after cross-sectional ... #Pancreatitis #diagnosis ... #management #gastroenterology