Reading Time: 2 minutes Patient with a high heart rate? What do you do next?
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Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s important to evaluate your patient’s labs in the context of the patient in front of you. Lactic acid is the perfect example of a lab that is often misunderstood…
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Learn about the physiological effects of obesity on fundamental lung mechanics.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Pulmonary barotrauma is a complication of mechanical ventilation that can have serious consequences for your patient. Read about how to look for and treat it with this post by Dr. Obiajulu Anozie.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Learn about the respiratory drive and how it is influenced by metabolic acidosis.
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Reading Time: 5 minutes Pulsus paradoxus may have serious implications with regards to the clinical status of our patients. Learn about the pathophysiology and how to identify this process from Dr. Anozie.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Life starts and ends with a breath, thus making breathing synonymous with living. Learn about the complex physiology of this life-sustaining act.
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Reading Time: 2 minutes The approach to hypocalcemia should place emphasis on overall calcium homeostasis; check out how in this post from The Vitals!
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Time to break down ammonia-related encephalopathy in this week’s The Vitals.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Dysautonomia is a complicated disorder that can have serious implications on inpatient mortality in the critical care setting. Learn about how to identify it from Dr. Anozie.