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Mechanical Ventilation

Mechanical Ventilation

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Basics of Ventilation

RebelEM	Source	Year
Critical Care Fundamentals: Basics of Mechanical Ventilation Part 2	REBEL EM	2019
First Do No Harm: Rethinking Our Approach to Intubation in Trauma	REBEL EM	2019
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation – Part 1: Types of Breaths	REBEL EM	2018
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation – Part 3: Severe Metabolic Acidosis	REBEL EM	2018
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation – Part 4: Obstructive Physiology	REBEL EM	2018
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation – Part 5: Refractory Hypoxemia & APRV	REBEL EM	2018
Simplifying Mechanical Ventilation – Part 6: Choosing Your Initial Settings	REBEL EM	2018

MEDCRAM	Source	Year
Mechanical Ventilation Explained - Ventilator Settings & Modes (Respiratory Failure)	MedCram	2015
Mechanical Ventilation Explained Clearly by MedCram.com \| 2 of 5	MedCram	2015
Mechanical Ventilation Explained Clearly by MedCram.com \| 3 of 5	MedCram	2015
Mechanical Ventilation Explained Clearly by MedCram.com \| 4 of 5	MedCram	2015
Mechanical Ventilation Explained Clearly by MedCram.com \| 5 of 5	MedCram	2015

Other Sources	Source	Year
Crackast Ch2 Mechanical Ventilation 🎧	CandiEM	2016

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ARDS

Link	Source	Year
ARDSNet Ventilator Protocol	ARDSnet	2008
Effect of a Low vs Intermediate Tidal Volume Strategy on Ventilator-Free Days in Intensive Care Unit Patients Without ARDS	JAMA	2018
PReVENT – A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Low vs Intermediate Tidal Volumes in Patients Without ARDS	The Bottom Line	2018
PReVENT RCT – Low or Intermediate Tidal Volume in Non-ARDS	JournalFeed $	2018
Prone Positioning in Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	NEJM	2013
Salvage Therapies in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome	REBEL EM	2020

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Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV)

Link	Source	Year
APRV 101: PEEP to the Max	CriticalCareNow	2021
APRV: Resurrection of the Open-Lung Strategy?	EMCrit	2017
Nader Habashi: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) – A Mechanistic and Physiologic View	Maryland CC Project	2014
REBEL Crit Cast Ep3.0: Airway Pressure Release Ventilation (APRV) Made Simple	REBEL EM	2020
Ventilation Mode: Introduction & Basic Use Manual	Resus Review	2013

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Crashing Ventilated Patient and Troubleshooting

Link	Source	Year
Alarms from the Ventilator: Troubleshooting High Peak Pressures	ALiEM	2013
REBEL Core Cast 71.0 – Troubleshooting the Vent	REBEL EM	2021
The Crashing Vented Patient (Critical Care Mini-Fellowship Summary)	Clinical Monster	2020

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Other Topics

Oyxgen Goal	Source	Year
ICU-ROX: Conservative vs Usual O₂ Therapy During Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU	REBEL EM	2019
LOCO2 – Was Their Target SpO₂ Crazy Low?	JournalFeed	2020
SGEM#243: Enough is Enough (O₂ Saturation of 94–96%)	SGEM	2019
The HOT-ICU Trial: Lower vs Higher Oxygenation Targets for Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure	REBEL EM	2021

Obesity	Source	Year
Obesity and Respiratory Mechanics	CriticalCareNow	2021

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