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Checking Invasive Devices Using Chest X-Rays

- Dr. Alex Psirides @psirides

#Diagnosis #Anatomy #Radiology #CriticalCare #Lines #Devices #Tubes
Checking Invasive Devices ... @psirides #Diagnosis ... #Anatomy #Radiology ... #CriticalCare # ... Lines #Devices #
Oxygen Delivery Devices
1. Flow is a variable describing the movement of a volume of gas over
Oxygen Delivery Devices ... x RR and Peak Inspiratory ... patient's peak inspiratory ... #Flow #Comparison ... #management #criticalcare
Cardiac Event Monitors
 • Holter Monitor - Records every heart beat for 24-48 hours
 • Loop/Event
Recorders - Handheld device ... Loop recorder - Long ... Monitors #heart #cardiology ... #telemetry #devices ... #comparison #table
Balloon Visualization - Mechanical Ventilation Pressures - PIP, PPlat, PEEP

Peak Inspiratory Pressure (PIP): Dynamic pressure needed
fully inflate the lung ... forces of the lung ... which reflects lung ... #PPlat #PEEP #CriticalCare ... #Diagnosis #Balloon
If your PIP and Plateau are both elevated then this indicates lung disease and decreased compliance
this indicates lung ... compliance of the lung ... resistance #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare # ... #PPlat #Peak #Inspiratory
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
Event Monitoring Devices ... Advantages: Continuous long ... invasive Commercial Devices ... Event #Monitoring #Devices ... #Comparison #cardiology
COVID-19 Phenotypes - Implications for Respiratory Support Management

L Phenotype
 - Low Elastcnce (High Compliance)
 - Low
Implications for Respiratory ... Ratio - Low Lung ... Shunt - High Lung ... Phenotypes #Variations #Diagnosis ... #Management #SARSCOV2
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Criteria for Acute Respiratory ... lobar collapse, lung ... the hypoxemia defines ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
The fourth pattern includes abnormalities that result in decreased lung attenuation or air-filled lesions.
These include:
- Emphysema
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result in decreased lung ... - Emphysema - Lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Differential #Diagram #Comparison
Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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Main Lung Ultrasound ... that may yield respiratory ... COVID19 #POCUS #Lung ... #Ultrasound #Comparison ... #Table #Diagnosis