Pulmonary edoma vs ARDS
84-yearold man with ischemic cardiomyopathy admitted with possible aspiration pneumonia , and intubated followed by low PaO2/FiO2 . CXR was confusing (ARDS vs edoma) the follwoing by US
“🚨Excessive PEEP can reduce perfusion to lung areas with high compliance and increase perfusion of pathological areas, increasing the shunt.
🚨It can also worsen hypoxemia in some cases due to reduced cardiac output.
Individualized PEEP is the way to go!”By @curso_vm#FOAMcc
Good morning everyone! Let's carry on with our case.
The young patient on ECMO was intubated overnight. 😕The colleague who was on call last night said during handover: "I am not sure what happened"...
Optimizing precision-based antimicrobial dosing in #ICU
Editorial
🗞️ https://t.co/A7hb9WMiUs
Refers to study on individualising ABTs in #ICU using model-informed precision dosing vs standard dosing
🗞️ https://t.co/rONBO7XwIz
🎙️ #ESICMtalk by authors at https://t.co/U5qwrif1SP