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Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Acute Respiratory Distress ... volume overload or CHF ... #Respiratory #Distress ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare
Pharmacology of diuretics

Acetazolamide, Loop diuretics, Thiazide‐like diuretics, MRA, Amiloride

Site of Action, Maximum Dose, Half-Life, Onset, Bioavailability,
#Pharmacology #Comparison ... Loop #Thiazide #CHF ... #Cardiology #Management
BiPAP titration in CHF
 - Mean airway pressure provides goodness 
 - Ramp up the ePAP
BiPAP titration in CHF ... BiPAP #Titration #CHF ... CongestiveHeartFailure #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... Cardiology
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
Strain and Lung Stress ... Likewise, stress ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... #ards #foamed # ... criticalcare #treatment
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
drastically elevates the stress ... with circulating stress ... differential #algorithm #management ... #treatment #criticalcare ... #foamed
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
disease) - Forced ... mild-moderate respiratory distress ... ) - Forced vital ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... This becomes a flawed ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
our friends from Cardiology ... This becomes a flawed ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm ... #criticalcare
Bradycardia
1) First Steps: IV, O2, Monitors, ECG, Pads on patient, Crash Cart in room. Is patient
Bradycardia 1) First Steps ... AMS, SOB from CHF ... #differential #management ... #cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
differential #algorithm #management ... #cardiology #treatment ... #table #foamed ... #heartfailure #chf ... #criticalcare #