A mechanically ventilated patient has high peak inspiratory pressures. You need to silence that incessant the alarm… What are you going to do?
Bronchospastic Blood Pressure Badness
July 26, 2010 By 3 Comments
A young man has been intubated for severe asthma. Now his blood pressure is heading for the floor. What are you going to do about it? Think you can save a life?
Man versus Machine
July 22, 2010 By 2 Comments
A patient develops hypoxia soon after intubation. Where lies the problem? Is it man or machine?
The Patient is Ballooning Up…
January 4, 2010 By 2 Comments
A 36 year-old immunosuppressed male was infected with swine-origin influenza virus requiring mechanical ventilation. Overnight the inspiratory pressures needed to maintain his tidal volume had progressively increased and his face had become markedly swollen.
