5 results
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
-The choice of BiPAP ... -BiPAP should never ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #BiPAP #BiLevel ... Selection #Algorithm #PulmCrit
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
In CHF, decreases ... - Bi-Level Positive ... Indications: • CHF ... patients (ie., CHF ... #criticalcare #management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... and/or digoxin level ... lungs - Consider BiPAP ... #Checklist #CHF ... HeartFailure #Cardiology #Management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
workup or TSH level ... early HFNC or BiPAP ... ://twitter.com/PulmCrit ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Babesiosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Disease: Release of merozoites from erythrocytes and associated loss of
Diagnosis and Management ... , ARDS, shock, CHF ... setting of low-level ... Babesia #Diagnosis #Management ... #microbiology #