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Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
difficult airway management ... ARDSnet low-PEEP table ... and non-ARDS) ... ventilation #obese #Management ... #CriticalCare
Understanding & Treating ARDS - Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

•  Timing - within one week of
Understanding & Treating ARDS ... Timing - within one ... @nickmmark #ARDS ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management ... #CriticalCare
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Mucosal Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS
Oropharyngeal Candidiasis: Initial Episodes (Duration of Therapy: 7–14 days)
Preferred
Candidiasis in HIV-AIDS ... chew, or crush tablet ... mg PO BID for one ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
In ARDS, we know ... correlated to one ... ventilation to one ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... criticalcare #treatment
IDSA Recommendations for Preventing Human Papillomavirus Infections and Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with in HIV-AIDS
Recommendations
Women with in HIV-AIDS ... test should be done ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS
IDSA Recommendations for Treating Isospora belli Infection in HIV-AIDS
Treating Isospora belli Infection
General Management Considerations:
 • Fluid
Infection in HIV-AIDS ... Infection General Management ... 7–10 days • One ... Prevention #Treatment #management ... opportunistic #infections #HIVAIDS
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
Stable patients ... ACEi/ARBs - Hold ... CPAP if they have one ... HgbA1c - if not done ... medical and surgical management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Management during ... Management during ... Delivery • Stable ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... counseling should be done
Titrating PEEP in ARDS
Key Principles:
1) The ideal PEEP optimizes alveolar recruitment and reduces atelectrauma, while minimizing
Titrating PEEP in ARDS ... pressure 3) No one ... PulmPEEPs #PEEP #ARDS ... #titration #management ... #criticalcare #
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... There is no “one ... echocardiogram #management ... #clinical #criticalcare