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Graded Oxygen Administration in COVID-19

#respiratory #support #COVID19 #management #schema #criticalcare #hypoxia #failure #algorithm #coronavirus #sarscov2 #oxygen
#respiratory #support ... COVID19 #management #schema ... #criticalcare # ... hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm #coronavirus
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
Algorithm in COVID19 ... COVID19 #management #schema ... #criticalcare # ... hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
COVID-19 Hypoxia Management

Indication for endotracheal intubation?
Tolerating supplemental oxygen?
Consider HFNC
Not tolerating HFNC or HFNC is not available?
Consider
#respiratory #support ... COVID19 #management #schema ... #criticalcare # ... hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm #survivingsepsis
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
General schema for ... respiratory support ... #criticalcare # ... hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
Causes of Congenital Anomalies - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malformation
 • Embryonic development failure or inadequacy (often multifactorial)
Deformation
Causes of Congenital ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Embryonic development failure ... normal tissue (e.g. ischemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
Selecting Respiratory Support ... noninvasive respiratory support ... pneumonia vs. heart failure ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Left-Sided Heart Failure ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Transient Myocardial Ischemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
mm is needed to cause ... ultrasonography might support ... chronic renal failure ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #
Differential Diagnosis of Syncope
First, is it syncope? History is very important for distinguishing syncope from other
syncope from other causes ... Common causes of ... detailed in the figure ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... #Differential #Algorithm
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
 -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... See Bone Lesions Scheme ... Chronic Renal Failure ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Orthopedics #Causes