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COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath

Introduction to a series of posts titled "COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath", focusing on the need to build on existing knowledge in critical care and the appropriate testing of new therapies and innovations.

Chris Nickson, Jack Iwashyna, MD and Paul Young
May 3, 2020

COVID-19: “To PEEP, or not to PEEP”?

Part 4 of "COVID-19: Keeping the baby in the bath" discussing the setting of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Chris Nickson, Jack Iwashyna, MD and Paul Young
May 2, 2020

Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP)

Positive End-Expiratory Pressure (PEEP) is the maintenance of positive pressure within the lungs at the end of expiration

Chris Nickson
April 20, 2020

Apnoeic CPAP for oxygenation

Dr Stacey Turner demonstrates the pros and cons of different strategies for apnoeic CPAP for pre-oxygenation of COVID-19 patients prior to intubation (video).

Chris Nickson
April 12, 2020

Intrinsic PEEP

Intrinsic PEEP is also known as autoPEEP or PEEPi. Intrinsic PEEP occurs when the expiratory time is shorter than the time needed to fully deflate the lungs, preventing the lung and chest wall from reaching an elastic equilibrium point

Chris Nickson
January 3, 2019

Alarmingly high pressures

A mechanically ventilated patient has high peak inspiratory pressures. You need to silence that incessant the alarm... What are you going to do?

Chris Nickson
October 17, 2018