8 results
Oxygen Delivery Systems
Nasal Cannula:
 • Flow: 1 - 6 L/min
 • FiO2: 25 - 40% (-4%/L
Oxygen Delivery Systems ... FiO2: 40 - 60% Device ... Oxygen #Delivery #Systems ... #management #pulmonary ... #comparison
Oxygen Delivery Devices
1. Flow is a variable describing the movement of a volume of gas over
Oxygen Delivery Devices ... Variable devices ... or with sealed systems ... #Flow #Comparison ... #management #criticalcare
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment
Systemic Thrombolysis
 - Exclude contraindications.
 - Indications:
   - Massive PE (definite indication)
Pulmonary Embolism Treatment ... Systemic Thrombolysis ... over 2 hrs - Low ... #AcutePE #Management ... #CriticalCare
Intraoperative  Bradycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Bradycardia in theatre should not be treated as
remember to tailor treatment ... Check fresh gas flow ... entire breathing system ... Confirm airway device ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
constitutional symptoms • Treatment ... months to years) Systemic ... life-threatening • Treatment ... Usual therapeutic management ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison
Intraoperative Tachycardia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Tachycardia in theatre is often due to inadequate depth
remember to tailor treatment ... Check fresh gas flow ... entire breathing system ... Confirm airway device ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
coronary blood flow ... patients with systemic ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare ... #foamed #treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
acute pulmonary, systemic ... protein level • A low ... the circulatory system ... Intravascular device ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management