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Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
of noninvasive respiratory ... pneumonia vs. heart failure ... -BiPAP should never ... #Management #CriticalCare ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Proposed Respiratory Support Algorithm in COVID19

The ‘intubate early’ paradigm, where patients who “fail” low flow oxygen
Support Algorithm ... Also, a low threshold ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
- Brain stem/Cranial ... nerve pathology ... Generalized fatigue - ALS ... failure - Can ... Gravis #diagnosis #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... overload with heart failure ... such as trauma ... #CriticalCare
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Summary
ALS: combination of the clinical examination finding of amyotrophy with the pathologic
immune cells of the nervous ... in improperly folded ... - Causes progressive ... failure Diagnosis ... neurology #diagnosis #management
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
General schema for respiratory ... support #COVID19 #management ... #schema #criticalcare ... #hypoxia #failure ... #algorithm
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Epidemiology: • 1-2 cases ... complete paralysis of all ... extremity, facial, respiratory ... patients) • Respiratory ... #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... possibly renal failure ... mediators such as ... epileptic seizure, cranial ... (pain): 5-10%, nervous
Approach to Possible Hypertensive Emergency

criteria required to diagnose hypertensive emergency
(1) Severe hypertension
 - Usually a MAP
mm is needed to cause ... increased optic nerve ... chronic renal failure ... Emergency #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #CriticalCare #
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
for Refeeding Syndrome ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #treatment ... #criticalcare # ... foamed