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CPAP Troubleshooting Tips
1. Wrong size/style mask → try a different mask, nasal pillows
2. Trouble getting used
first, then try straps ... irritation, pressure sores ... → adjust straps ... Troubleshooting #Tips #management ... #problems #pulmonary
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... Associated Lung Ultrasound ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... #differential # ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Using these steps ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Airway #Pressure #Differential ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
HFNC compared to NIV
HFNC:
- Comfort - Higher comfort  Eating, drinking and speaking less impaired 
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application - Pulmonary ... pressure - Extra pulmonary ... Skin breakdown/ sores ... #comparison #management
Highlighted Conditions With Arteritis or Periarteritis of the Coronaries
Takayasu's arteritis:
 - Onset < 40 yrs
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sinusitis - pulmonary ... Oral and genital Sores ... Coronaries #Arteritis #Differential
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... in cardiogenic pulmonary ... causing acute distress ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
complications from anesthesia ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... to determine if stress ... days before Pulmonary ... medical and surgical management
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... roots, is a hot spot ... severe respiratory distress ... cause primary pulmonary ... Soil #Infections #differential
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... infarction • Stress ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... factors + oxidative stress ... Management during
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
breakdown of glycogen stores ... drastically elevates the stress ... with circulating stress ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management