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Reading Time: < 1 minute Clinical correlates of transpulmonary pressure In the absence of airflow, transairway (resistive) pressure is zero. Hence, transpulmonary pressure equals transalveolar…

Reading Time: 2 minutes The Pre-brief This is the first lecture of the series on respiratory mechanics presented to the Critical Care Medicine fellows…

Reading Time: 3 minutes The Pre-brief A 38-year-old male presented two-days ago with severe ARDS and was intubated on arrival. He is currently paralyzed…

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Pre-brief Xylazine is FDA approved as a sedative with analgesic and muscle relaxing properties for veterinary use only. Exerts…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Nurses play a huge role with analgosedation, and mastering the art of it can dramatically improve patient care.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Understanding the pressures applied to the patient’s lungs during mechanical ventilation can improve their mortality rate.

Reading Time: < 1 minute High frequency percussive ventilation can be intimidating to initiate but with these quick guides and go to operational sheets the pneumatics can be conquered.

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Pre-brief Vasopressors are potent but a mainstay treatment in the ICU for shock patients. Loubani and Green first noted…

Reading Time: 4 minutes The term ‘spontaneous mode’ is generally used for a mode that only allows spontaneous breath. . .

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.