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Difficult Airway Assessment - LEMON Mnemonic

 - Look Externally
 - Evaluate
 - Mallampati
 - Obstruction or
Difficult Airway ... Assessment - LEMON Mnemonic ... #Diagnosis #CriticalCare ... #Difficult #Airway ... #Evaluation #Mnemonic
EVLI Airway Incrementalization

#EVLI #Airway #CriticalCare #Management #Mnemonic
EVLI Airway Incrementalization ... #EVLI #Airway ... #CriticalCare # ... Management #Mnemonic
DSI Checklist

#Management #CriticalCare #Airway #DelayedSequence #DSI #Intubation #Checklist #HEAVEN #Mnemonic
#Management #CriticalCare ... #Airway #DelayedSequence ... Checklist #HEAVEN #Mnemonic
Cavity Mnemonic for Cavitary Pulmonary Lesions:
C: cancer 
 - bronchogenic carcinoma: most frequently squamous cell carcinoma
Cavity Mnemonic ... for Cavitary Pulmonary ... SCC) - cavitary pulmonary ... airway malformation ... Diagnosis #CAVITY #Mnemonic
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic - MASCOTS
M - Mechanism (Underlying mechanism improving)
A - Airway (Patent, difficult intubation)
S -
Extubation Checklist Mnemonic ... improving) A - Airway ... Extubation #Checklist #Mnemonic ... #MASCOTS #criticalcare
Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
of the lung) Airway ... unless excessive airway ... #PPlat #PEEP #CriticalCare ... Pathophysiology #Pulmonary
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) - Early application of airway pressure release ventilation may reduce the
Airway Pressure ... application of airway ... VisualAbstract #Pulmonary ... #EBM #CriticalCare
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Therapeutics: Airway ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Cannot Intubate, Cannot Oxygenate (CICO) Checklist Mnemonic 

C - Call it and communicate it: 
- Communicate
CICO) Checklist Mnemonic ... is this a CICO airway ... this is a CICO airway ... Intubate #Oxygenate #Mnemonic ... #Management #CriticalCare
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Inspiratory Positive Airway ... upper & lower airway ... Bi-Level Positive Airway ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... #indications #criticalcare