ICU

• related: vasopressors, Medicine

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Medications

• sedation and analgesics
• vasopressors

Physiology

• lactic acidosis
• anion gap metabolic acidosis

ICU ID

• vibrio vulnificus can be fatal in liver disease patients
• CLABSI

Airway

• capnography
• The Walls Manual of Emergency Airway Management
• design features of modern mechanical ventilators
• [[ventilation strategies for ARDS includes low tidal volum

basic modes of ventilators

• related: design features of modern mechanical ventilators
• tags: #permanent #icu

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• volume control: machine triggered, flow targeted, volume cycled
• volume assist: patient triggered, flow targeted, volume cycled
• pressure control: machine triggered, pressure targeted, time cycled
• pressure assisted: patient triggered, pressure targeted, time cycled
• pressure support: patient triggered, pressure targeted, flow cycled

mandatory vs spontaneous breath

• related: design features of modern mechanical ventilators
• tags: #permanent

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• mandatory breath: machine supported breath
• spontaneous breath: patient triggered breath

triggers, limits, cycles of ventilators

• related: design features of modern mechanical ventilators
• tags: #permanent #icu

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• trigger: what initiates each breath
  • assisted breaths are triggered by patient
  • controlled breaths are triggered by machine
• limits: the target for each breath. Could either be pressure or flow (volume)
  • flow targeting: ventilator adjusts pressure to maintain flow
  • pressure targeting: ventilator adjusts flow to maintain inspirator