Respiratory failure SDL

INTENSIVE

• also see Mechanical Ventilation SDL

Alfred ICU Guidelines: see ICU-NET for the following guidelines

• Airway Management of Cervical Spine Surgery Patients
• Adult management of NIV
• ICU Bronchoscopy
• Intubation of critically ill patients
• Intubation checklist
• Management of inhalational injuries
• Nitric Oxide
• Ongoing airway management of the critically ill intubated patient in ICU
• Passy Muir valves
• Tracheostomy

Other resources (from the LITFL CCC)

• ARDS Definitions
• ARDS
• Neuromuscular blockade in ARDS
• ARDS Literature Summaries
• Inhaled Nitric Oxide
• Oxygen and CO2 retention in COPD
• High flow nasal cannula
• Acute severe asthma
• Bronchoscopic anatomy
• Pneumocystis pneumonia
• Pneumothorax ultrasound
• Pulmonary embolus
• Thrombolysis for submassive PE
• Open lung biopsy
• Cryptogenic Organising Pneumonia
• Pleural Effusion
• Bronchopleural Fistula

Other information (particularly useful for CICM trainees)

• ARDS: An evidence-based update by Rob Mac Sweeney, from smaccGOLD (2014)
• Keyword search the FCICM Fellowship exam database on LITFL for relevant past questions.