Category Respiratory
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Co-oximeter

Co-oximeter: a device that uses spectrophotometry to measure relative blood concentrations of oxyhemoglobin, carboxyhemoglobin, methemoglobin, and reduced haemoglobin

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Influenza and Pregnancy

Influenza and Pregnancy: known high incidence of morbidity and mortality in mother and foetus in H1N1 infection and severe community acquired pneumonia; multidisciplinary team approach: O&G, NICU, anaesthetics, ICU; planned delivery of foetus (although the teams may have conflicting interests)

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Nosocomial Pneumonia

Nosocomial or hospital-acquired pneumonia (HAP) is defined as pneumonia that is not incubating at the time of admission to hospital and develops in a patient hospitalised for >48 hours.

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Bronchiolitis

Goals: resuscitation severity and stability of disease assessment of possible differentials including cardiac disease, influenzae, pertussis stabilisation and possible transfer to neonatal/SCBU if required

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Patient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony

OVERVIEWPatient-Ventilator Dyssynchrony occurs when the patient’s demands are not met by the ventilator, resulting from problems with: VENTILATION STRATEGIES Total Ventilator-controlled Mechanical Support: Partial Patient-Controlled Mechanical Support: CAUSES Patient factors Ventilator factors TYPES OF VENTILATOR DYSSYNCHRONY Ineffective triggering Inappropriate triggering…

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Pulmonary fibrosis DDx

Causes of pulmonary fibrosis can be divided into those that affect the upper lobes and those predominantly affecting the lower lobes

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Aspiration Pneumonitis

Aspiration pneumonitis, or Mendelson syndrome, is chemically induce inflammation of the lungs as a result of aspiration of gastric contents