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Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Algorithm 1. ... likelihood and clinical ... impact of basic ... mask ventilation ... feasibility of basic
Mechanical ventilation in obese patients according to the i-STAR Algorithm
Intubate
 • Anticipate difficult airway management and
Mechanical ventilation ... to the i-STAR Algorithm ... • Anticipate difficult ... management and difficult ... ARDSnet low-PEEP table
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
Respiratory Support Algorithm ... intubated and mechanically ... disease and not the mechanical ... ventilation, most ... COVID19 #management #schema
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
General schema for ... ideal) Invasive Mechanical ... Internet Book of Critical ... COVID19 #management #schema ... hypoxia #failure #algorithm
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
meningococcal, H1N1) Clinical ... Weakness: mild difficulty ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... Plasmapheresis + IVIG • Mechanical ... ventilation
Differentiating type-I vs. type-II MI

Sorting this out is difficult, often relying heavily on clinical judgement.

A key
Sorting this out is difficult ... relying heavily on clinical ... of myocardial ischemia ... The table below ... NSTEMI #Comparison #Table
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
Basics of Waveform ... capnography assesses ventilation ... Capnography measures ventilation ... pathophysiology CLINICAL ... rebreathing or mechanical
Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)
Acute autoimmune demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: 1
transplantation CLINICAL ... vary from mild difficulty ... specific therapy, the clinician ... ICU) and whether mechanical ... ventilation is
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
just simply a clinical ... range of possible clinical ... and perhaps even mechanical ... #differential #algorithm ... cardiology #treatment #table
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
any mention of a difficult ... metabolic equivalent able ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... Stable patients