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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... and mortality BPAP ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... status • Won't Work ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
of Acute Exacerbation ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... /ABG Matthew
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Values • pH: ... Compensation, Acute ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiomyopathy - Valves ... • Diffuse Lung ... Disease • Acute ... • Chronic Lung
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... week of a known clinical ... lobar collapse, lung ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Hg with PEEP or CPAP
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... disease b) CHF ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... unless prior heart/lung