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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
Cardiac Event Monitoring Devices - Compared
Ambulatory ECG (Hotter):
 • Advantages: Continuous recording, records asx events, all
Devices - Compared ... Advantages: Continuous long ... invasive Commercial Devices ... #Monitoring #Devices ... #Comparison #cardiology
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
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive airway pressure therapy
   → Positive pharyngeal transmural pressure
increased end-expiratory ... lung volume Mandibular ... advancement devices ... effective at reducing respiratory ... events/desats
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
know that the lungs ... Therefore, even ... strain is even ... #ards #foamed #criticalcare ... #treatment #respiratory
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Criteria for Acute Respiratory ... Syndrome (ARDS) - Respiratory ... lobar collapse, lung ... the hypoxemia defines ... Criteria #Diagnosis #CriticalCare
Overview of Ventilator Modes
VC - Volume Control (a.k.a. assist control volume)
 - Every breath delivered (mandatory
dynamically changes inspiratory ... BI-Vent) - Inverse ... #Ventilation #CriticalCare ... #Comparison #Management
COVID-19 Chest CT - Case 4

Main aspects of the image: multiple opacities in the glass and
periphery of two lungs ... Radiologia Torácica ... radiologiatoracica #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 ... CTChest #Clinical #CriticalCare
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
(PPV) with the respiratory ... of CO2 to the lungs ... high degree of respiratory ... testing #diagnosis #criticalcare ... #comparison #challenges
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
- Any adverse events ... Any implantable devices ... 1% risk of CV event ... one post op Cardiology ... unless prior heart/lung