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