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DEFINITION OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
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RESPIRATORY DYSFUNCTION RESULTING IN ABNORMALITIES OF OXYGENATION OR CO2 ELIMINATION SEVERE ENOUGH TO IMPAIR OR THREATEN THE FUNCTION OF VITAL ORGANS
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ROUGH DEFINITION OF ACUTE RESP. FAILURE BY ABG
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P O2 LESS THAN 60, P CO2 GREATER THAN 50
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CAN BE FROM FAILURE OF OXYGENATION, FAILURE OF VENTILATION, OR BOTH
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ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
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SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF ACUTE RESP. FAILURE
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THOSE OF THE UNDERLYING DISEASE ALONG WITH HYPOXEMIA AND HYPERCAPNIA
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HYPERCAPNIA
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EXCESSIVE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD
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CHIEF SIGNS OF HYPOXEMIA
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CYANOSIS, RESTLESSNESS, CONFUSION, ANXIETY, DELIRIUM, TACHYPNEA, TACHYCARDIA, HYPERTENSION, CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS, AND TREMOR
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CARDINAL SIGNS OF HYPERCAPNIA
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DYSPNEA AND HEADACHE
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BESIDES THE CARDINAL SIGNS...THE OTHER SIGNS OF HYPERCAPNIA
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PERIPHERAL AND CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA, HYPERTENSION, TACHYCARDIA, TACHYPNEA, IMPAIRED CONSCIOUSNESS, PAPILLEDEMA, ASTERIXIS
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ASTEREXIS
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TREMOR OF THE WRIST WHEN IT IS DORSIFLEXED
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HYPEREMIA
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INCREASED BLOOD FLOW TO CERTAIN TISSUES OF THE BODY
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HOW DO YOU CONFIRM SUSPICION OF ACUTE RESP. FAILURE?
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ABG
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TX FOR ACUTE RESP. FAILURE
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CORRECT UNDERLYING CAUSE, RESPIRATORY SUPPORT, AND GENERAL SUPPORTIVE CARE
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WHAT IS THE GOAL IN ACUTE HYPOXEMIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE AS FAR AS RESPIRATORY SUPPORT?
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TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE OXYGENATION OF THE VITAL ORGANS
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MONITOR PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC HYPERCAPNIA CLOSELY FOR WHAT?
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HYPOVENTILATION, BUT DO NOT WITHHOLD OXYGEN---MAY JUST NEED LOW FLOW NASAL CANNULA
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IN WHAT CONDITIONS MIGHT HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF O2 BE NEEDED?
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PNEUMONIAS AND ARDS
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WHEN IS A TRACHEAL INTUBATION INDICATED
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FOR HYPOXEMIA NOT QUICKLY REVERSIBLE, FOR UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION, IMPAIRED AIRWAY PROTECTION, POOR HANDLING OF SECRETIONS, AND FACILITATION OF MECHANICAL VENTILATION
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FORMULA FOR DURATION OF FLOW
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DF= CF TIMES PSIG/ L DIVIDED BY M
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MORE COMFORTABLE TUBE FOR LONG TERM INTUBATION
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NASOTRACHEAL TUBE
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WHAT IS THE BEST USE FOR OROTRACHEAL INTUBATION
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URGENT AIRWAY MANAGEMENT
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WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AS SOON AS ANY PATIENT IS INTUBATED?
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AUSCULTATION TO VERIFY BOTH LUNGS ARE BEING INFLATED AND SHOULD HAVE CXR TO VERIFY THAT THE TIP OF THE TUBE IS AT THE AORTIC ARCH
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INDICATIONS FOR MECHANICAL VENTILATION
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APNEA, ACUTE HYPERCAPNIA NOT QUICKLY REVERSIBLE, SEVERE HYPOXEMIA, PROGRESSIVE PATIENT FATIGUE DESPITE APPROPRIATE CARE
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WHAT TYPE OF VENTILATION ARE MOST MACHINES MADE TO GIVE?
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POSITIVE-PRESSURE, VOLUME CYCLED VENTILATION
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WHAT CAN MIGRATION OF THE ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE FROM PROPER PLACEMENT LEAD TO?
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HYPOXIA AND/OR ASPIRATION IF IT DISLODGES UPWARD OR ATELECTASIS OF THE LEFT LUNG AND OVER DISTENTION OF THE RIGHT IF THE TUBE GOES DOWNWARD INTO THE RIGHT MAIN BRONCHUS
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WHAT IS BAROTRAUMA?
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TRAUMA CAUSED BY PRESSURE- OCCURS IN PATIENTS WHOSE LUNGS ARE OVER DISTENDED BY TOO GREAT OF A VOLUME
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SIGNS OF BAROTRAUMA
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SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA, AIR IN THE MEDIASTINUM (PNEUMOMEDIASTINUM), AND SUBPLEURAL AIR CYSTS
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3 MAIN COMPLICATIONS OF VENTILATION
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ACUTE RESPIRATORY ALKALOSIS FROM OVERVENTILATION; ACUTE RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS SECONDARY TO UNDERVENTILATION OR PATIENT DEMAND; HYPOTENSION FROM ELEVATED INTRATHORACIC PRESSURE DECREASING VENOUS RETURN
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WHAT PATIENTS ARE VENTILATOR COMPLICATIONS MOST LIKELY TO OCCUR IN?
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PATIENTS WITH SEVERE AIRFLOW OBSTRUCTION (I.E. SEVERE COPD), STATUS ASTHMATICUS, AND HYPOVOLEMIC PATIENTS
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HIGH MORTALITY RATE IS FOUND IN WHAT TYPE OF PNEUMONIA?
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VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA (HOSPITAL ACQUIRED)
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LAB WORK TO DO WHILE PATIENT IS BEING VENTILATED
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HEMATOCRIT, ELECTROLYTES, AND KIDNEY FUNCTIONS
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THESE TWO INTERVENTIONS MAY GO ALONG WITH VENTILATION WHEN PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS ARISE
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SHORT TERM SEDATION OR TEMPORARY PARALYSIS
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PREVENTIVE MEASURES THAT SHOULD BE UNDERTAKEN WHEN PATIENT IS ON VENTILATION
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WATCH CLOSELY FOR STRESS ULCERS AND DVT; ALSO PREVENT NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS
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SPECIAL TYPE OF ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE THAT OCCURS AFTER A SYSTEMIC OR PULMONARY INSULT
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ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS)
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ARDS IS CHARACTERIZED BY....
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RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, BILATERAL INFILTRATES, HYPOXEMIA, NONCOMPLIANT LUNGS, AND NORMAL PULMONARY CAPILLARY WEDGE PRESSURE
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COMMON RISK FACTORS FOR ARDS
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SEPSIS, ASPIRATION OF GASTRIC CONTENTS, SHOCK, INFECTION, LUNG CONTUSION, NONTHORACIC TRAUMA, TOXIC INHALATION, NEAR DROWNING, AND MULTIPLE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS
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WHAT HAPPENS AT THE TISSUE LEVEL IN THE LUNGS WITH ARDS?
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INCREASED VASCULAR PERMEABILITY AND INACTIVATION OF SURFACTANT LEAD TO INTERSTITIAL AND ALVEOLAR PULMONARY EDEMA AND ALVEOLAR COLLAPSE
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CLINICAL FINDINGS IN ARDS
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RAPID ONSET OF PROFOUND DYSPNEA THAT OCCURS 12-48 HRS AFTER THE EVENT; LABORED BREATHING; TACHYPNEA; INTERCOSTAL RETRACTIONS; AND CRACKLES NOTED ON PHYSICAL EXAM; MARKED HYPOXEMIA REFRACTORY TO SUPPLEMENTAL O2, AND MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE
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CXR IN ARDS
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DIFFUSE OR PATCHY BILATERAL INFILTRATES
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ARDS CAN PRESENT SIMILARLY TO WHAT?
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PULMONARY EDEMA FROM A CARDIAC ORIGIN (IMPORTANT TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE IT IS)
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TX FOR ARDS
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IDENTIFY AND TREAT THE UNDERLYING ILLNESS/INJURY--PROB. A BROAD SPECTRUM ABX FOR SEPSIS AND OR INFECTION; GENERAL SUPPORTIVE CARE; MONITORING CARDIAC AND OTHER ORGAN FUNCTION; CLOSE OBSERVATION OF FLUID INTAKE
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PROGNOSIS IN ARDS
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MORTALITY RATE EXCEEDS 50%; IF ARDS AND SEPSIS- MORTALITY RATE IS 90%; MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IS ORGAN FAILURE
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MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH WITH ARDS
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ORGAN FAILURE
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CLINICAL FINDINGS IN ARDS
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RAPID ONSET OF PROFOUND DYSPNEA THAT OCCURS 12-48 HRS AFTER THE EVENT; LABORED BREATHING; TACHYPNEA; INTERCOSTAL RETRACTIONS; AND CRACKLES NOTED ON PHYSICAL EXAM; MARKED HYPOXEMIA REFRACTORY TO SUPPLEMENTAL O2, AND MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE
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CXR IN ARDS
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DIFFUSE OR PATCHY BILATERAL INFILTRATES
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ARDS CAN PRESENT SIMILARLY TO WHAT?
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PULMONARY EDEMA FROM A CARDIAC ORIGIN (IMPORTANT TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE IT IS)
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TX FOR ARDS
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IDENTIFY AND TREAT THE UNDERLYING ILLNESS/INJURY--PROB. A BROAD SPECTRUM ABX FOR SEPSIS AND OR INFECTION; GENERAL SUPPORTIVE CARE; MONITORING CARDIAC AND OTHER ORGAN FUNCTION; CLOSE OBSERVATION OF FLUID INTAKE
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PROGNOSIS IN ARDS
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MORTALITY RATE EXCEEDS 50%; IF ARDS AND SEPSIS- MORTALITY RATE IS 90%; MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH IS ORGAN FAILURE
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MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH WITH ARDS
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ORGAN FAILURE
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