Search results for "ventilatory support"
Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation
Both NPPV and CPAP are useful under a number of conditions.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/tech.htm
15 Sep 2010
Revisiting respiratory failure
An acute exacerbation of chronic respiratory failure represents acute-on-chronic respiratory failure, and acute hypoxemic criteria must be applied with caution in these patients.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/coding.htm
15 Nov 2013
Delirium, treating drug resistance, fall prevention
A 75-year-old woman with a long history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is evaluated in the intensive care unit for delirium... and other cases.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/01/test.htm
15 Jan 2009
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NONINVASIVE POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATIONBy Lisa Kirkland, FACP. Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) is thedelivery of mechanical ventilatory support without aninvasive nasotracheal or endotracheal tube, using a tight-fittingface or nasal mask.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2010/09/acph-201009-tech1.pdf
24 Sep 2010
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To have the diagnosis, the patient must have acute pul-monary dysfunction requiring non-routine aggressive measures.A patient who requires a short period of ventilatory support dur-ing surgical recovery
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/11/acph-201311-coding_t2.pdf
5 Nov 2013
MKSAP quiz on pulmonology
These cases and commentary, which address pulmonology, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP16).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/03/ty.htm
15 Mar 2013
Test yourself: Sepsis
These cases and commentary, which address sepsis, are excerpted from ACP's Medical Knowledge Self-Assessment Program (MKSAP15).
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2011/01/ty.htm
15 Jan 2011
In the News
Suicide rating scale; hospitalists and the intensivist shortage.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/02/itn.htm
15 Feb 2012
Test yourself: Health care-associated infections
Health care-associated infections.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/04/test.htm
15 Apr 2008
Building trust aids decision making in end-of-life care
The patient is dying. More medical intervention is futile. But the family, speaking for their loved one, still wants everything done.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2007/08/decision-making.htm
15 Aug 2007