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The ARDSnet ideal body weight/tidal volume chart takes all of the calculations and guesswork out of
weight/tidal volume chart ... a copy on your airway ... tidal volume #Management ... #CriticalCare # ... #Ventilation #TidalVolume
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
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
the patient's diagnosis ... -BiPAP should never ... #Management #CriticalCare ... Selection #Algorithm #PulmCrit
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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
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
workup or TSH level ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... ://twitter.com/PulmCrit ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
always review the chart ... esp in work-up/management ... bedside echo is never ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis ... #workup #criticalcare
Severe Influenza Checklist

Diagnostic tests 
 - Blood cultures x2 
 - Sputum gram stain & culture
Influenza Checklist Diagnostic ... - Ferritin, liver ... Josh Farkas @PulmCrit ... Influenza #Checklist #Management ... #CriticalCare