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Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
) Airway Resistance ... unless excessive airway ... #PPlat #PEEP #CriticalCare ... #Diagnosis #Balloon ... Pathophysiology #Pulmonary
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... High-pitched, variable respiratory ... Mechanical: • Larynx fracture ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
Airway Pressure ... and decreases respiratory ... in obstructive lung ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... #indications #criticalcare
If your PIP and Plateau are both elevated then this indicates lung disease and decreased compliance
this indicates lung ... indicates increased airway ... resistance #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... #PPlat #Peak #Inspiratory
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Implications Respiratory ... Pneumothorax, pulmonary ... - Airway or great ... - Flail chest, pulmonary ... chestxray #trauma #diagnosis
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... POCUS (B-lines, lung ... Therapeutics: Airway ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Asthma
Chronic lung disease characterized by airway inflammation, airway and variable expiratory air flow obstruction
There are 2
Asthma Chronic lung ... inflammation, airway ... and variable expiratory ... PulmPEEPs #Asthma #diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
wheezing, and inspiratory ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
High Flow Nasal Cannula
Putative beneficial mechanisms of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) 
oxygen therapy. EELV, end-expiratory
lung volume; FiO2 ... • Positive airway ... • Increased airway ... #mechanisms #criticalcare ... #management #pulmonary
Auto-PEEP 
What is Auto-PEEP?
 • Progressive air trapping & dynamic hyperinflation → ↑Palv at end expiration
airway resistance ... • Decrease airway ... AutoPEEP #PEEP #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #