ICU Vivas · Oxygen & gas exchange
Clinical viva — your approach to the hypoxaemic patient
A clinical viva on the approach to hypoxaemia — the mechanism (the four types, the A-a gradient), the oxygen therapy (the device escalation, the HFNC, the conservative target), and the treatment of the cause.
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A clinical viva on the approach to hypoxaemia — the mechanism (the four types, the A-a gradient), the oxygen therapy (the device escalation, the HFNC, the conservative target), and the treatment of the cause.
The question
"Take me through your approach to a patient with hypoxaemia."[3]
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- [1]Frat JP, Thille AW, Mercat A, et al. High-flow oxygen through nasal cannula in acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (FLORALI). New England Journal of Medicine, 2015.PMID 25981908
- [2]Chu DK, Kim LH, Young PJ, et al. Mortality and morbidity in acutely ill adults treated with liberal versus conservative oxygen therapy. Lancet, 2018.PMID 29726345
- [3]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.