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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 ... #CriticalCare #BiPAP ... #BiLevel #HFNC
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
IPAP can help generate ... and mortality BPAP ... - Bi-Level Positive ... both EPAP and IPAP ... #NIPPV #CPAP #BPAP
HFNC compared to NIV
HFNC:
- Comfort - Higher comfort  Eating, drinking and speaking less impaired 
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preload - P-SILI/VILI ... #NIV #NIPPV #bipap
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Prader-Willi Syndrome ... hypothalamus =>Prader-Willi ... , sleep apnea, cor
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
Spontaneous Time (a.k.a BiLevel ... , BiPAP) • AVAPS
BiPAP Initiation Algorithm
Screen for contraindications:
 • Obtundation (unarousable)
 • Inability to wear a mask (wounds)
 •
BiPAP Initiation ... amzn.to/3rEtbK8 #BiPAP ... #BiLevel #Initiation
The retracted visceral pleura is seen (blue arrow) which indicates that there is a pneumothorax.
There is
is an air-fluid level ... this air-fluid level ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Patterns of Involvement
 • Scarring, Nodules and Consolidation
    - Lobar
- Air-fluid level ... clinical #radiology #CXR
Prone Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (P-CPR)
 - Confirm cardiac arrest
 - Shout for help
 - Commence prone CPR
Resuscitation (P-CPR ... Commence prone CPR ... (Mid-thoracic level ... - Effective CPR ... Prone #Arrest #CPR
Nontuberculous mycobacteria
Nontuberculous mycobacteria, also known as atypical mycobacteria, are all the other mycobacteria which can cause
the air-fluid level ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR