Respiratory medicine and mechanical ventilation

By Alex Yartsev - 14/07/2015

Offered below is an organised list of summaries on the topic of respiratory medicine and mechanical ventilation from the Critical Care Compendium, courtesy of LITFL. Given the mixture of topics, the ideal audience for this material is the final stage exam candidate pursuing dual CICM and ACEM fellowship qualifications.

Respiratory Medicine in the Critical Care Compendium
Essential literature Respiratory Literature Summaries Ventilation Literature Summaries Supra-physiological Oxygenation Literature Summaries Assessment of respiratory function Capnography waveform interpretation Capnography and CO2 detectors, carbon dioxide A-a Gradient versus PaO2-FiO2 ratio A-a gradient, alveolar, arterial, oxygen, oxygenation Oxygen extraction ratio PaO2- FiO2 Ratio Oxygen and CO2 Retention in COPD, carbon dioxide retainer Oxygen-Haemoglobin Dissociation Curve, HbO2, hemoglobin Platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome Practical mechanical ventilation Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation Complications Intubation and Mechanical Ventilation Indications Mechanical Ventilation Overview Modes of Ventilation Setting Up A Ventilator Adjunctive Respiratory Therapies Postive End Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) Pressure versus Time Graph Pressure versus Volume Loop Dynamic Presure-Volume Loops Flow Volume Loops Flow versus Time Graph Pulmonary Mechanics Ventilator Waveform Analysis Volume versus Time Graph High airway and alveolar pressures, pressure alarm Ventilator alarms High airway pressures, intubated, ventilated Adaptive Support Ventilation Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) Auto Triggering of the Ventilator Daily interruptions of Sedation in mechanically ventilated patients Ventilator Associated Lung Injury (VALI), Ventilator Induced Lung Injury (VILI) Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony Weaning and extubation Extubation Assessment in ED Extubation Assessment in ICU Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT), minimal ventilator settings Difficulty Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation Scenarios in Respiratory Critical Care Aspiration Pneumonia Aspiration Pneumonitis Bronchiectasis Bronchopleural Fistula Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia, BOOP, Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organising Pneumonia Nonresolving or Progressive Pneumonia Nosocomial pneumonia Pneumonia in the Heart-Lung Transplant patient Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Decompression Sickness Diaphragmatic Palsy Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage Haemoptysis, hemoptysis Selective Lung Ventilation, one, single, lung separation, independent Volutrauma Pneumothorax Lung abscess Surgical Emphysema Negative pressure pulmonary oedema Neurogenic pulmonary edema Atelectasis, lung collapse, collapsed lung Bronchial breath sounds Bronchiectasis Honeycomb lung DDX Tracheal displacement Pulmonary fibrosis Massive haemoptysis DDX, hemoptysis Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease (COPD), emphysema, chronic bronchitis Acute Severe Asthma Wheeze Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) and Asthma Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Usual Interstitial Pneumonitis (UIP) Non-invasive ventilation for weaning Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) SARS, MERS and the Coronaviruses Burns, Oxygenation and Ventilation Pulmonary embolism Intrinsic PEEP Leukotriene receptor antagonists Heliox Advanced management of ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Definitions ARDSnet Ventilation Strategy Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Literature Summaries Neuromusclular Blockade in ARDS Open lung approach to ventilation, high PEEP, recruitment Nitric oxide High Frequency Oscillation Ventilation (HFOV) Improving Oxygenation in ARDS High Frequency Ventilation (HFV) Prone Position and Mechanical Ventilation Protective lung ventilation, low tidal volume Recruitment Manouvres in ARDS Pleural fluid Pleural Fluid Analysis Pleural effusion

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Respiratory medicine and mechanical ventilation

Essential literature

Assessment of respiratory function

Practical mechanical ventilation

Weaning and extubation

Scenarios in Respiratory Critical Care

Advanced management of ARDS

Pleural fluid