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Graded Oxygen Administration in COVID-19

#respiratory #support #COVID19 #management #schema #criticalcare #hypoxia #failure #algorithm #coronavirus #sarscov2 #oxygen
management #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm #coronavirus
Simplified Airway Management Algorithm
Admittedly sacrificing some detail, this simplified airway management algorithm highlights the critical steps,
Airway Management Algorithm ... airway management algorithm ... decompensation and failure ... thame #Airway #Algorithm ... Simple #Management #CriticalCare
Back to the "10 Need to Know" series - Drug Therapeutic Target Levels. 

For lithium, target
Drug Therapeutic Target ... For lithium, target ... digoxin in heart failure ... Pharmacology #Diagnosis #Table
ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
A height-based algorithm ... by attaching a table ... This table may simultaneously ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #TidalVolumes #Table
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
(2) Target organ ... chronic renal failure ... don't qualify as target ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

The term maculopapule is a portmanteau, a combination
of macule and
Maculopapular Rashes - THE ALGORITHMIC ... macule and papule (Table ... systemic toxicity (Figure ... Target lesions are ... Maculopapular #Rash #Algorithm
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
hypoxemia might target ... Ventilation • Target ... management #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
- Severe heart failure ... Classification #Table ... #CriticalCare
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Intra-cardiac pump failure ... • Severe heart failure ... Extra-cardiac pump failure ... Differential #Diagnosis #table ... #comparison #criticalcare
COVID-19 RESPIRATORY PATHWAY ALGORITHM
Awake proning may help with oxygenation
Permissive hypoxemia, if closely monitored and in the
RESPIRATORY PATHWAY ALGORITHM ... Target O2 saturation ... RESPIRATORY #Support #ALGORITHM ... SARSCOV2 #Hypoxemia #Failure