Louisville Lectures

Open Access Medical Education

Committed to sharing Internal Medicine focused lectures as free open access medical education.

Filtering by Category: Pulmonary and Allergy,Critical Care (ICU)

Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation with Dr. Christopher Chan

Dr. Christopher Chan presents an Introduction to Mechanical Ventilation by first defining respiratory physiology and indications for mechanical ventilation. He then presents the initial parameters/modes of ventilation as well as supportive care. After, Dr. Chan discusses troubleshooting the vent, weaning, successful liberation from the vent, and finally, the checklist.

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Critical Care Medicine Board Review (Part Two) with Dr. Rodrigo Cavallazzi

Dr. Rodrigo Cavallazzi presents Part Two of his Critical Care Medicine Board Review with the topics below:
- Myxedema Coma
- Thyroid Storm
- Thyroid Function in Non-Thyroidal Illness
- Delirium
- Sepsis
- Protocolized Sedation and Spontaneous Breathing Trial
- ICU-Acquired Weakness
- Post-intensive Care Syndrome
- Chronic Critical Illness

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Chronic cough: Is it a symptom or a disease? Dr. Jonathan A. Bernstein

In this Grand Rounds, Dr. Jonathan Bernstein discusses chronic cough by first describing the evaluation and differential diagnosis of a patient presenting with chronic cough. He then determines the pathogenesis of chronic cough and defines the approach to diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough.

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Positive Pressure Ventilation with Dr. Bilal Jalil

Dr. Bilal Jalil presents "Positive Pressure Ventilation" through the following questions:

  1. Why is my patient intubated?

  2. What MV modes do I need to know about?

  3. How do I set the initial ventilator settings?

  4. Am I harming my patient with a ventilator?

  5. The ventilator is alarming!!! What do I do?

  6. Can I extubate my patient?

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