Reading Time: 9 minutes It has long been known that excessive degrees of PPV may result in lung injury. This has been termed ventilator-induced lung injury (VILI). More recently, the idea of patient self-inflicted lung injury (P-SILI) has come to light.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes The use of NIV in ARDS remains controversial given a mixed evidence base. What can be said about Helmet NIV?
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Reading Time: 4 minutes NAVA, Neurally Adjusted Ventilatory Assist, is a proportional ventilatory mode that uses the diaphragm’s vagal nerve stimulation to provide ventilatory assistance in synchrony with the patient’s respiratory efforts.
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Is too much oxygen a bad thing? A review of hyperoxia and its consequences
by Guest Authorby Guest AuthorReading Time: 4 minutes A review of the latest evidence regarding hyperoxia!
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Reading Time: 2 minutes What is the purpose of a cuff on a tracheostomy tube? Should it stay inflated or deflated?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute High Flow Nasal Cannula has proven useful in a wide range of conditions, including normoxemic respiratory distress. In those cases, High Flow Room Air may be the answer!
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Learn about some pearls and pitfalls in management of the pediatric airway from Dr. Samantha Dallefeld.
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Reading Time: 3 minutes Every good story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Such is the case with breaths delivered by a ventilator.
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Instead of guessing the pleural pressures, try esophageal manometry!
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Basics of transpulmonary pressure: towards a better surrogate of lung stress
by Aman Thindby Aman ThindReading Time: 5 minutes High transpulmonary pressures causes harm. Aman further breaks down the concept.