Week 5: Challenging scenarios in ventilation

Topics to consider

• ARDS - what is it, and how do we manage it?

• Life threatening asthma - management options, risks in ventilation?

• COPD - mechanism of AHRF, when to NIV and when to intubate?

• DKA and metabolic acidoses - why does ventilation make it worse?

ARDS

• What is ARDS? (BJAEd)

• ARDS tutorial (ATOTW)

• Prone ventilation lecture (Dr Howatson)

• ARDSnet, PreVENT - ventilation targets in ARDS

• PROSEVA - proning in ARDS

• CESAR, EOLIA - ECMO in ARDS

Acute severe asthma

• Management of acute severe asthma (LITFL)

• Asthma in critical care lecture (Dr Howatson)

• Asthma and anaesthesia (ATOTW)

COPD

• Principles and indications for NIV (Dr Bonnington)

• BTS/ICS guidelines for management of acute hypercapnic respiratory failure

Metabolic acidoses

• Simplifying mechanical ventilation in metabolic acidoses (RebelEM)

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