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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
chronic hypoxia • Wasting ... adults • Blood tests ... function tests: ... Sweat chloride test ... • Treating infections
Combined Difficult Airway Society and Vortex Approach to the Emergency Airway

The Emergency Airway Cognitive Tool contains
Combined Difficult Airway ... team through the steps ... management in stressful ... #Intubation #Management ... Emergency #Tool #Checklist
Airway Intubation Checklist
GATHER/TEST EQUIPMENT: NC, BVM + PEEP Valve, Free flowing IV, EKG, SpO2 monitor, ETT
Checklist GATHER ... /TEST EQUIPMENT: ... POST INTUBATION MANAGEMENT ... #intubation #checklist ... #management #procedure
HFNC compared to NIV
HFNC:
- Comfort - Higher comfort  Eating, drinking and speaking less impaired 
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Higher comfort Eating ... less impaired - Airway ... application - Pulmonary ... Skin breakdown/ sores ... #comparison #management
Intern Pocket Cards - Daily Rounding and Disposition Checklist
Daily Checklist:
 • FEN/GI:
Daily Checklist ... to regadenoson stress ... testinga ... procedures • Stress ... #management #inpatient
Group A Strep Pharyngitis, also known as  Strep Throat. 

In addition to symptomatic presentation, a
also known as Strep ... antigen detection test ... That's because this test ... penicillin allergy testing ... #StrepThroat #Management
The Trauma Call Timeline

- A trauma team assembles rapidly in response to a major trauma alert
assessment of airway ... to guide early management ... point of care testing ... Teamwork #Approach #Checklist
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
of a difficult airway ... - Oral cavity/Airway ... test is indicated ... testing may inform ... medical and surgical management
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
Increased Airway ... Using these steps ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist ... #Diagnosis #Management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... Checklist Evaluation ... Liver function tests ... causing acute distress ... cardiogenic shock #Checklist