Category LITFL
CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Flexible bronchoscope

Flexible bronchoscope may be fibre optic, video or hybrid systems; diagnose diseases of the tracheobronchial tree (e.g. burns, tumours); obtain lung samples

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Procedures and Coagulopathy

Procedures and Coagulopathy: many procedures are contra-indicated in the presence of coagulopathy; the degree of acceptable coagulopathy for different procedures is controversial

CCC Critical Care compendium 340

Heliox

Heliox is a mixture of helium and oxygen, by substituting helium for nitrogen -> reduction in density of the gas -> reduction in Reynolds number -> more laminar flow -> reduces airflow resistance, work of breathing and dynamic hyperinflation