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Mechanical ventilation: start here!

You might say I'm biased, but don't we have the best field in medicine?

Nov 3, 2020

Mechanical ventilation: start here!

Nov 3, 2020

Inspiratory and expiratory time during pressure support

During normal breathing, expiratory time is usually twice the inspiratory time. This means that the I:E ratio is 1:2, or 1/3rd to 2/3rd…

Feb 6, 2021

Inspiratory and expiratory time during pressure support

Feb 6, 2021

Driving pressure during pressure support?!

So we've talked about the importance of safe mechanical ventilation and one way of quantifying safe mechanical ventilation during pressure…

Jan 7, 2021

Driving pressure during pressure support?!

Jan 7, 2021

Basic terminology in mechanical ventilation

This article covers triggering, cycling and basic ventilator modes and settings.

Nov 20, 2020

Basic terminology in mechanical ventilation

Nov 20, 2020

Physiology of normal breathing vs mechanical ventilation

Our lungs have 23 generations of airway branches. Surface area increases as we travel deeper within the lung. The functional unit of the…

Nov 14, 2020

Physiology of normal breathing vs mechanical ventilation

Nov 14, 2020

Driving pressure: pearls & pitfalls

An important parameter to guide safe mechanical ventilation is driving pressure. In this article, we learn how to calculate driving…

Nov 1, 2020

Driving pressure: pearls & pitfalls

Nov 1, 2020

Safe Pressure Support ventilation

Patient Self Inflicted Lung Injury (PSILI) is a relatively new concept within mechanical ventilation. It implies that a patient can cause…

Nov 1, 2020

Safe Pressure Support ventilation

Nov 1, 2020

Patient-ventilator dyssynchronies

Dyssynchronies between inspiratory attempts of the patient and the inspiration by the ventilator could cause ventilator-induced lung…

Nov 1, 2020

Patient-ventilator dyssynchronies

Nov 1, 2020

Jessica

Jessica

I'm an intensivist and clinical pharmacologist, spreading the love for and knowledge of acute and critical care medicine on YouTube https://crit-ic.com/

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