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Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
& lower airway collapse ... in obstructive lung ... CPAP - Continuous ... Ventilation #NIPPV #CPAP ... #criticalcare #management
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive airway pressure therapy
   → Positive pharyngeal transmural pressure
end-expiratory lung ... improvement to PAP ... refractory to CPAP ... no unfavorable collapse ... SleepApnea #Treatment #management
Multiple masses
The differential diagnostic list of multiple masses is very long.
The most important diagnoses are listed
masses is very long ... #Management #Radiology ... #Lung #Multiple ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Whenever you see an area of increased density within the lung, it must be the result
density within the lung ... substances resulting in lobar ... tissue of the lung ... Atelectasis - collapse ... Consolidation #Patterns #RadiologyAssistant
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
pleural effusions, lobar ... collapse, lung ... collapse, or pulmonary ... Hg with PEEP or CPAP
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... most likely a lobar ... weight loss or long ... This was an acute lobar ... #Pneumonia #RadiologyAssistant
General schema for respiratory support in patients with COVID-19
Low flow nasal cannula
 • Typically set at
the flow rate) CPAP ... • Titrate CPAP ... useful to allow for lung-protective ... use conventional lung-protective ... support #COVID19 #management
On the PET-CT there is both a tumor in the left lung, aswell as in the
tumor in the left lung ... CXR #PETCT #LUL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Left lower lobe atelectasis - There is a triangular density seen through the cardiac shadow.
This must
Radiology #CXR #LLL #Lobar ... #Collapse #RadiologyAssistant
Total Lung Atelectasis on Chest CT - Diffuse complete lobar collapse in patient needing ECMO

#Lung #Atelectasis
Total Lung Atelectasis ... Diffuse complete lobar ... collapse in patient ... needing ECMO #Lung ... Atelectasis #complete #collapse