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Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
• PETCO2 - End-tidal ... ventilation • Phase Ill ... • Phase IV — end ... intubation, single lung ... waveforms #patterns #diagnosis
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
Basics of Waveform Capnography ... Waveform capnography ... ETCO2: Peak CO2 at end ... the heart to the lung ... interpretation #patterns #diagnosis
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Myasthenia Gravis Evaluation ... Chest X-ray and lung ... (exclude other lung ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
- Differential Diagnosis ... have had prior evaluations ... did not yield a diagnosis ... Long-standing vs ... #gastroenterology
Anemia of Hospitalization - Pathophysiology

Why does the Hgb/Hct drop in the first two days during hospitalization?

Interestingly,
1928, a 32-page long ... during clinical evaluations ... It's time to end ... of unnecessary diagnostic ... #differential #diagnosis
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
effusions, lobar/lung ... objective assessment (eg ... present - Mild ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare #