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Asthma
CONTENTS Rapid Reference 🚀 Non-intubated asthmatic 🚀 Intubated asthmatic 🚀 Initial evaluation Asthma exacerbation diagnosis Risk stratification Non-intubated patients Inhaled bronchodilators Systemic bronchodilators Noninvasive ventilation (BiPAP) Sedation strategies Dexmedetomidine IV haloperidol/droperidol Benzodiazepines Opioids Ketamine Unable to tolerate BiPAP: Heliox vs. HFNC Steroid Other medications Evaluation & goals Beware of asthma treatment pseudofailure Intubation Indications for […]
IBCC chapter & cast – Asthma
Severe asthma is a challenging topic, because this spans a lot of different patient phenotypes with varying severity and physiology. This chapter attempts to outline some general principles to guide management, but ultimately clinical judgement and serial evaluation at the bedside will trump all of this. The rarity, acuity, and heterogeneity of severe asthma make […]
Asthma
CONTENTS Symptoms & asthma assessment Asthma phenotypes T2-high (IL4, IL5, IL13, Eos) Allergic phenotype, aka atopic asthma Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease (AERD) T2-low Non-eosinophilic asthma, aka intrinsic asthma Obesity-related asthma Diagnostic tests Physical examination Laboratory studies Exhaled nitric oxide Peak Flow meter Pulmonary function tests Radiology Diagnosis Diagnosis of asthma Asthma versus COPD? ➡️ Diagnostic considerations […]
IBCC asthma chapter post-publication peer review by Weingart
Sometimes muggles criticize FOAM as lacking peer review, but that simply reflects a misunderstanding of the way peer review works here. FOAMed operates off a post-publication peer review system. This typically occurs mostly in the comments section of each blog or chapter (with some on twitter as well). Unlike journals, anyone is free to leave […]
EMCrit 355 – AMAX4 for Crashing Anaphylaxis and Asthma – Part I Primer
AMAX4 for crashing anaphylaxis and asthma
EMCrit Wee – Farkas and I Discuss his Recent PulmCrit Guest Post on Asthma
A polite discussion about a controversial post
EMCrit 15 – The Severe Asthmatic
To PEEP or not to PEEP, that is the question…in the management of the severe asthmatic
PulmCrit – The Crashing Asthmatic with Leo Stemp
Today will feature a guest post with Leo Stemp exploring some bleeding-edge concepts. Very soon, an Internet Book of Critical Care chapter will round things out with a broader look at this disease. Leo Stemp trained first in critical care (including medical school at Harvard, internal medicine residency at Mount Sinai, and a fellowship at […]
EMCrit 16 – Coding Asthmatic, DOPES and Finger Thoracostomy
DOPES will save your butt on crashing vent pts
Vocal Cord Dysfunction
CONTENTS Overview Epidemiology Clinical presentation Bedside evaluation Differential diagnosis Acute evaluation – Diagnostics & approach Treatment Podcast Questions & discussion Pitfalls Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) is known by a variety of names, including: paradoxical vocal fold motion inducible laryngeal obstruction functional upper airway obstruction psychogenic upper airway obstruction VCD is a disorder marked by intermittent […]
EMCrit 357 – AMAX4 Crashing Anaphylaxis Explosion with Ben McKenzie
The explosion follow-up on the AMAX4 protocol for crashing anaphylaxis and asthma with Ben McKenzie [@amax4]
Eosinophilic lung diseases
CONTENTS Eosinophilic lung disease Approach to eosinophilic lung disease Understanding blood eosinophil count Acute critical illness Chronic systemic steroid Asthma or COPD Causes of eosinophilia Atopic Medications Infection Neoplastic & paraneoplastic Bronchoalveolar lavage eosinophilia IgE level Specific diseases DRESS syndrome AEP (acute eosinophilic pneumonia) CEP (chronic eosinophilic pneumonia) ABPA (allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis) EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis […]
EMCrit RACC-Lit Review for March 2022
All the RACC-Lit goodness for March 2022:
EMCrit 150 – A Look Back
Can’t believe we made it this far…and it’s all thanks to the emcritters!
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