Reading Time: < 1 minute A cheat sheet that you can refer to when you get into a situation where you need to intubate a pregnant patient in respiratory distress.
Komal Parikh

Komal Parikh
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician with a love for teaching people from all walks of life. Enjoys brunching, working out, pumpkin spice lattes and everything basic in between, all while nerding out over resuscitation, airway, and anything to do with lungs.
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What’s in a wave(form)? Utilizing End tidal capnography for more than intubation confirmation
by Komal Parikhby Komal ParikhReading Time: 2 minutes Like a lot of concepts in critical care, waveform capnography can tell you quite a bit about a patient.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes While APRV sounds great in theory, it does come with its limitations that should be considered prior to initiating it on any patient.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes In patients with risk factors for post extubation stridor, and in these instances only, a cuff leak test can be used to predict the risk of post-extubation stridor in patients.
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Reading Time: 6 minutes SBT is usually conducted in one of two ways — minimal ventilator support (pressure support ventilation) and T-piece trial. This article will discuss these two different modalities and the data supporting each.
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The landing is just as important as the take off: a closer look at assessing a patient for extubation
by Komal Parikhby Komal ParikhReading Time: 6 minutes While intubating a patient can be nerve wracking, extubating a patient can feel the same.
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Is too much oxygen a bad thing? A review of hyperoxia and its consequences
by Komal Parikhby Komal ParikhReading Time: 4 minutes A review of the latest evidence regarding hyperoxia!
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Understanding the differences in peak and plateau airway pressures is essential for diagnosing changes in the patient/ventilator system.