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Massive Hemoptysis - Diagnosis and Management
 • Definitions: 
   - Hemoptysis = bleeding from
Diagnosis and Management ... • Airway Management ... - Ablation, Cautery ... treatment #workup #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
High Flow Nasal Cannula
Putative beneficial mechanisms of high flow nasal cannula (HFNC) 
oxygen therapy. EELV, end-expiratory
• Positive airway ... highflownasalcannula #pathophysiology ... #mechanisms #criticalcare ... #management # ... pulmonary
Pediatric Button Battery Ingestion
Most serious BB ingestions are not witnessed. Therefore, have a low threshold for
Pediatric Button ... Battery Ingestion ... children with symptoms ... : Hematemesis, Airway ... toxicology #diagnosis #management
Approach to Tracheostomy Emergencies - OnePager Summary
COMPONENTS OF A TRACHEOSTOMY TUBE:
 • Obturator - inserted into
between innominate artery ... occlude innominate artery ... Surgical management ... #differential #management ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Illness Script PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... that plug distal airways ... Females SIGNS/SYMPTOMS ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary