Preoxygenate Patients Before Intubation
Preoxygenate Patients Before Intubation Rahul G. Baijal MD The purpose of preoxygenating a patient before induction of general anesthesia and paralysis is to provide maximum time that a patient can…
Know How to Use the Licox System to Measure Brain Tissue Oxygenation
Know How to Use the Licox System to Measure Brain Tissue Oxygenation Aaron Bransky MD Heidi L. Frankel MD Traumatic brain injury is a leading cause of death and disability…
Consider Placing an Intracranial Pressure Monitor in Patients with Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8
Consider Placing an Intracranial Pressure Monitor in Patients with Glasgow Coma Scale ≤8 Jose I. Suarez MD Neuronal injury is usually classified as primary or secondary. Primary injury refers to…
Remember that Pulse Oximetry is Inaccurate at Lower Saturation Levels
Remember that Pulse Oximetry is Inaccurate at Lower Saturation Levels Nirav G. Shah MD Pulse oximetry is a noninvasive method to measure arterial hemoglobin saturation. The probe for the pulse…
Know the Conditions that Cause an Inaccurate Pulse Oximetry Reading
Know the Conditions that Cause an Inaccurate Pulse Oximetry Reading Eliahu S. Feen MD Jose I. Suarez MD Basic Principles Pulse oximetry is the technique of measuring arterial blood oxygenation…
Treat Any Milky Fluid Coming From the Chest or Abdomen as Chylous Until Proven Otherwise
Treat Any Milky Fluid Coming From the Chest or Abdomen as Chylous Until Proven Otherwise D. Joshua Mancini MD Rajan Gupta MD The anatomy of the thoracic duct can be…
Be Suspicious of a Large Persistent Air Leak in a Chest Tube
Be Suspicious of a Large Persistent Air Leak in a Chest Tube David T. Efron MD To understand how to troubleshoot a persistent air leak from a chest tube, one…
Administer Antibiotics Before Placing a Chest Tube in Trauma Patients
Administer Antibiotics Before Placing a Chest Tube in Trauma Patients Peter G. Thomas DO Patrick K. Kim MD The role of antibiotics during the placement of tube thoracostomy for hemothorax…
Treat “201C;wrinkling” in the Abiomed Diaphragm as a Possible Sign of Hypovolemia
Treat “201C;wrinkling” in the Abiomed Diaphragm as a Possible Sign of Hypovolemia Frank Rosemeier MD Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are indicated for patients with ventricular failure on maximum pharmacological support…
Know the Common Problems Associated With Cardiopulmonary Support Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
Know the Common Problems Associated With Cardiopulmonary Support Using Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Andrew L. Rosenberg MD Venoarterial extracorporeal life support (VA ECMO) is among the more advanced methods to temporarily…
