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ETT depth may be predicted based on the patient’s height.  This has been validated among
volume to your airway ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Intubation #Airway ... Checklist #ETTDepths #TidalVolumes ... #Table #PulmCrit
The ARDSnet ideal body weight/tidal volume chart takes all of the calculations and guesswork out of
a copy on your airway ... tidal volume #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... #Ventilation #TidalVolume
Algorithm for the drowned airway - Josh Farkas @PulmCrit

#Management #CriticalCare #Drowned #Airway #Algorithm #Cricothyrotomy #Pulmcrit
for the drowned airway ... - Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... #Management # ... CriticalCare #Drowned ... #Airway #Algorithm
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
-BiPAP should never ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #BiPAP #BiLevel ... Selection #Algorithm #PulmCrit
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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Inspiratory Positive Airway ... mortality BPAP - Bi-Level ... Positive Airway ... #indications #criticalcare ... #management
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
Pancreatitis management ... guide etiology & management ... ultrasound - Calcium level ... - Triglyceride level ... #CriticalCare
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
• Persistent fever ... • Aggressive management ... Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... Endocarditis #checklist #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #management
Algorithm for Acute ED Management of Excited Delirium 

Pearls for Appropriate Restraint:
- 1 person for each
Algorithm for Acute ED Management ... restraint and manage airway ... seize, or develop airway ... restraints in the level ... Delirium #Algorithm #Management
Prone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (P-CPR)
 - Confirm cardiac arrest
 - Shout for help
 - Commence prone CPR
(Mid-thoracic level ... PCPR #algorithm #management ... #criticalcare
Croup Diagnosis and Management Pearls
Common childhood illness, usually viral and self limiting. Characterised by a seal-like
Diagnosis and Management ... rhinorrhea, and fever ... increasing upper airway ... cyanosis, decreased level ... Croup #Diagnosis #Management