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BiPAP Initiation Algorithm
Screen for contraindications:
 • Obtundation (unarousable)
 • Inability to wear a mask (wounds)
 •
BiPAP Initiation ... Algorithm Screen ... • Inability to wear ... hemoptysis, Copious pulmonary ... #management
CPAP Troubleshooting Tips
1. Wrong size/style mask → try a different mask, nasal pillows
2. Trouble getting used
getting used to it → wear ... feature, or even BiPAP ... falling asleep → wear ... Troubleshooting #Tips #management ... #problems #pulmonary
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV
1) The patient begins in an upright sitting posture, and the
for Treatment of BPPV ... Epley #Maneuver #BPPV ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... instructions #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #management
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
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intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... Fibrillation #Cardiology #Management ... #Algorithm
Epley Maneuver for Treatment of BPPV

By Dr. Gutwein via @jmcchiefs

#Epley #Maneuver #BPPV #Benign #paroxysmal #positional #vertigo
for Treatment of BPPV ... Epley #Maneuver #BPPV ... positional #vertigo #neurology ... instructions #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #management
Ocular Nystagmus in PSC BPPV after Dix Hallpike Maneuver

This is a case of right posterior semicircular
Nystagmus in PSC BPPV ... semicircular canal BPPV ... beating to left ear ... Maneuver #clinical #video ... ophthalmology #neurology
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic - Give volume
Hypervolemic (Edematous) - Look for and treat underlying cause
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Potomania - Tea ... Stress, Nausea, Pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Dix-HaIlpike Maneuver
 • Turn head to 45° and then rapidly lay patient to a supine position
toward the affected ear ... HaIlpike #Maneuver #neurology ... #vertigo #bppv ... #management
Esophageal Intubation
 • Capnography Detection - No trace, Wrong place
 • Prevention and Mitigation
Mitigation - Video ... Laryngoscopy - Team ... detection #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #pulmonary
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... echo in the last year ... days before Pulmonary ... medical and surgical management