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COVID-19 Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical and laboratory testing
Lung Ultrasound
HRCT scan
In-hospital treatment
Severity assessment and respiratory support 
Post-mortem
Diagnosis and Management ... laboratory testing Lung ... scan In-hospital treatment ... assessment and respiratory ... #Summary #treatment
Pharmacologic treatment algorithms by Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease grade. Highlighted boxes and arrows
Pharmacologic treatment ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... indicate preferred treatment ... ; FEV1: forced expiratory ... #Management #Pulmonary
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
in obstructive lung ... exacerbation (often w/ acute ... COPD) • Other acute ... respiratory failure ... #criticalcare #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Cheat Sheet An acute ... , inflammatory lung ... permeability, lung ... with decreased lung
Weaning from the Ventilator - Algorithm
Setting up for extubation success
 • Decrease demand — correct metabolic
steroids & NMB • Respiratory ... lasting pain meds ... Diuresis — Dry lungs ... are happy lungs ... #CriticalCare #Management
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
and Associated Lung ... the severity Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... of Acute Exacerbation ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... 2 (or complete respiratory ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Positive airway pressure therapy
   → Positive pharyngeal transmural pressure
Treatment of Obstructive ... lung volume Mandibular ... effective at reducing respiratory ... Obstructive #SleepApnea #Treatment ... #management #pulmonary
Treatment Schema for Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Induction: 
 • Vincristine, Steroid (dexamethasone), L-Asparaginase, Intrathecal (IT) methotrexate
Consolidation
Treatment Schema ... Standard-Risk Acute ... Cytarabine #ALL #Acute ... oncology #pediatrics #peds ... #management
In ARDS, we know that the lungs are so diffusely injured that the remaining total area
know that the lungs ... relatively spared lung ... pathophysiology #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #treatment ... #respiratory #clinical