Respiratory failure SDL

INTENSIVE

• also see Mechanical Ventilation SDL

Alfred ICU Guidelines

• Airway Management

• Bronchoscopy

• Epoprostenol (Flolan) Guideline

• HFOV Guideline

• Mechanically Ventilated ICU Patients waiting for Theatre

• Nitric Oxide Set Up (Nasal High Flow)

• Nitric Oxide Set Up (Nasal Low Flow)

• Staircase Recruitment Manoeuvre

• Tracheostomy (Percutaneous)

• Tracheostomy (Mini)

• Passy-Muir Valve (Speaking Valve)

Quiz resources (from the LITFL CCC)

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

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.