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Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
Overview of Ventilator ... mandatory and patient triggered ... mandatory & patient triggered ... patient can't trigger ... #CriticalCare #Comparison
Cardiac Event Monitors
 • Holter Monitor - Records every heart beat for 24-48 hours
 • Loop/Event
every patient trigger ... Records patient triggered ... records patient triggered ... telemetry #devices #comparison
TiTrATE Approach to Vertigo
TiTrATE approach stands for Timing, Triggers and Targeted Examination.
4 vestibular syndromes that are
stands for Timing, Triggers ... examination: - Triggered ... ) #Titrate #algorithm
Algorithm for the diagnostic evaluation of dizziness. (HINTS = head-impulse, nystagmus, test of skew.)
Questions regarding the
Algorithm for the ... dizziness) and triggers ... A diagnostic algorithm ... the symptom, the Triggers ... scenarios: episodic triggered
APVcmv - Adaptive Pressure Ventilation - Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Summary
Most Similar to PRVC - Pressure Regulated
Adaptive Pressure Ventilation ... Controlled Mechanical Ventilation ... Happening - The ventilator ... gets from the ventilator ... ratio, patient trigger
Cardiac Event Monitors - Heart Monitor Comparison
 - Holter - 24-48 hrs
Heart Monitor Comparison ... , Auto Triggered ... , Auto Triggered ... , Auto Triggered ... Event #Monitors #Comparison
(S)CMV - Synchronized Controlled Mechanical Ventilation Summary
Most Similar to "AC/VC"
Basic Set Parameters:
  1) Rate
Controlled Mechanical Ventilation ... Happening: - The ventilator ... initiates a breath the ventilator ... time, patient trigger ... Controlled #Mechanical #Ventilation
Patient - Ventilator Asynchronies and Waveforms
 • Wasted Effort
 • Trigger Delay
 • Double Trigger
 •
Patient - Ventilator ... Wasted Effort • Trigger ... Delay • Double Trigger ... • Reverse Trigger ... • Auto-Trigger
Myasthenia Gravis - Ptosis, Diplopia, Blurred Vision

Acute Myasthenic Crisis 
• Triggered by infection, medication 
• Respiratory
Myasthenic Crisis • Triggered ... • Mechanical ventilation
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Positive Pressure Ventilation ... , Inability to trigger ... Positive #Pressure #Ventilation