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Original ARDSNet Mechanical Ventilation Protocol

Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network (ARDSNet)

NIH NHLBI ARDS Clinical Network 

#Management #CriticalCare
Acute Respiratory Distress ... Clinical Network #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... ARDSNet #Ventilator ... GrepMed Recommended Text
The ARDSnet ideal body weight/tidal volume chart takes all of the calculations and guesswork out of
tidal volume #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... Height #Chart #Ventilator ... #Ventilation #TidalVolume ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Prone Ventilation in Critical Care - Procedure Instructions
Step 1 – Staffing 
Step 2 – Positioning
Step 3
Prone Ventilation ... ICS_updates #Prone #Ventilation ... #Instructions #CriticalCare ... #Proning #Steps ... #Management
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Dehydration Shock ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #criticalcare ... algorithm #treatment #management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
lung protective ventilation ... is likely the best ... minimize the risk of Ventilator-Induced ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... #ards #foamed #criticalcare
Algorithm for bradycardic peri-arrest 
 - Bradycardiac peri-arrest may be loosely defined as severe bradycardia with
bradycardia with marked shock ... patients will respond best ... Periarrest #Algorithm #Management ... #CriticalCare
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK ... Ensure adequate ventilation ... #Shock #Management ... #CriticalCare
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) - Basics
Mode of cardiopulmonary support used to treat pulmonary and/or cardiovascular failure
failure • Adjust ventilator ... minimizing further ventilator-induced ... clearance (ie, ventilation ... #ECMO #Basics #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS)
•	Non-specific (infections vs non-infectious)
•	≥2 of the following:
o	Temp >38°C or <36°C
o	HR >90 bpm
o	RR
Septic Shock • ... >2 mmol/L Management ... (oxygenation, ventilation ... glycemic control, DVT/stress ... #sepsis #sirs #shock
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
Shock Overview ... of hypotension Shock ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #Overview #criticalcare ... #differential #