Beyond-Albuterol

Reading Time: 3 minutes SpO2/FiO2 ratio is a non-invasive alternative marker to PaO2/FiO2 for Type I Respiratory Failure (hypoxemic).

Reading Time: 3 minutes VDR, Volumetric Diffusive Respiration, is a pneumatically driven pressure-limited and time-cycled ventilator that provides high-frequency percussive ventilation (HFPV)

Reading Time: 2 minutes Did you know 20-30% of patients are difficult to wean from the mechanical ventilator?

Reading Time: 2 minutes Endotracheal intubation is the primary cause for VAP. But to understand how to combat it, we first must look at the process.

Reading Time: 3 minutes One of the main problems with asthma, is the overreliance of asthmatic patients using albuterol for symptom relief, which has been confounded by the lack of compliance with maintenance medication use.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Why gasp, when you can rise.

Reading Time: 3 minutes How do I know when to start the weaning process and when to extubate?

Reading Time: 3 minutes It doesn’t look like a trach you have ever seen before. That’s because the patient had laryngeal cancer and required a total laryngectomy.

Reading Time: 3 minutes It is one of the basic settings dialed in when a patient is on the ventilator. Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is a critical asset used in conjunction with mechanical ventilation.

Reading Time: < 1 minute The delivery of oxygen to cells depends upon the hemoglobin oxygen affinity. What is the hemoglobin oxygen affinity (Hb-O2 affinity)?