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Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale
+4 - Combative, Violent, Immediate Danger to Staff
+3 - Very Agitated - Pulls
has Sustained to Voice ... Briefly Awakens to Voice ... Eye Opening to Voice ... No Response to Voice ... No Response to Voice
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Histiocytosis, Lymphocytic Int ... Honeycombing: Idiopathic Pulmonary ... , Scleroderma, End-Stage ... Hypersensitivity, End-Stage ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Phenotypes
Pink Puffers (robust vent drive) ↑ their WOB when pulmonary mechanics gradually
Puffers (robust vent ... their WOB when pulmonary ... caloric cost) → pulmonary ... Bloaters (blunted vent ... same WOB when pulmonary
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
used to confirm ETT ... monitor cardiac & pulmonary ... • PETCO2 - End-tidal ... • Phase IV — end ... patterns #diagnosis #pulmonary
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Intracardiac, Pulmonary ... , Atelectasis, Pulmonary ... Positive Pressure Vent
Epiglottitis - Swollen inflamed epiglottis 
Clinical (Rapid onset) 
 • Fever 
 • Sore throat
Drooling • Muffled voice
Tracheoesophageal Voice Prosthesis #Anatomy #EM #ENT #RespiratoryTherapy #Tracheoesophageal #VoiceProsthesis #TracheoesophagealValve #ALiEM
Tracheoesophageal Voice ... #Anatomy #EM #ENT
Topical TXA for Epistaxis in Patients on Antiplatelet Agents via @PharmERToxGuy http://bit.ly/2peXDfj #EBM #ENT #TXA #Epistaxis
/2peXDfj #EBM #ENT ... TXA #Epistaxis #NNT
Post Intubation Checklist
Airway
 - Inflate balloon 
 - Note tube depth 
 - Secure the tube
breath sounds - End ... Breathing - Initial vent ... ABG - Titrate vent
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Hearing Loss #Diagnosis #ENT #HearingLoss #Differential #Sensorineural #Conductive #Algorithm #Ddxof
Loss #Diagnosis #ENT