respiratory failure

Reading Time: < 1 minute Understanding patient-ventilator interactions is made easier by breaking it down.

Reading Time: < 1 minute A systematic framework for understanding ventilator waveforms.

Reading Time: 4 minutes We all have probably proned or at least heard of what it is. But what is it? And why do we do it?

Reading Time: 2 minutes There are at least three distinct causes of multiple triggering! Check them out in this infographic.

Reading Time: < 1 minute Did you know that the most common ventilator dyssynchrony doesn’t even cause the ventilator to alarm?

Reading Time: 6 minutes While intubating a patient can be nerve wracking, extubating a patient can feel the same.

Reading Time: 4 minutes The use of NIV in ARDS remains controversial given a mixed evidence base. What can be said about Helmet NIV?

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.

Reading Time: 2 minutes Read this weekly review for some spaced repetition of the past week’s content.

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.