Coronary Perfusion Pressure (CPP) = BP dia – PAWP CPP normal range = 60-80 mmHg > 80 mmHg → ↓ CBF due to reflex vasoconstriction < 60 mmHg ...
Stop feeding 4 hrs before or empty stomach with nasogastric tube. Obtain CXR before extubation and again at 2 and 24 hrs after extubation. Attach manual …
Use aseptic technique. 2. Remove sterile cap from unused port of the most proximal of stopcocks to the insertion site. (Place cap in sterile gauze.) 3.
Description. Indications. Comments. A method of ventilating (with two different ventilators) each lung separately utilizing two small ET tubes or more commonly, …
AARC Clinical Practice Guideline Removal of the Endotracheal Tube. Assessment for Removal of the Artificial Airway. Is the airway patent? Can the patient …
Primary Indications. Achieve patient-ventilator synchrony (e.g., inverse ratio modes, permissive hypercapnia, ↑TE for COPD); Intubation; Minimize WOB, O2 …
Principle: Paw (mean) is an important determinant of oxygenation. PaO2 ≈ Paw (until over-distension occurs, i.e., > upper inflection point on V-P curve).
Sputum Collection and Induction. Sputum Collection. Indications: To obtain sputum specimen for various laboratory testing. Contraindications: Dependent on …
RDS, PPHN, Group B Strep, TTN, MAS. Gestation, Usually preterm, Often term, Preterm or term, More often term, Usually post-term. Perinatal history, APH, IDM, …
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