Tom Wade MD

In this chapter I link to and excerpt from the Asthma chapter of Jan 28, 2017 from the Internet Book Of Critical Care [Link is to TOC] by Dr. Josh Farkas.

Here is the direct link to the Asthma podcast and comments page.

Here are excerpts [These are direct links to the different sections of the Asthma Chapter]:

CONTENTS

• Diagnosis & initial assessment
• Non-intubated patients
  • Inhaled bronchodilators
  • Systemic bronchodilators
  • Noninvasive ventilation (BiPAP)
  • Sedation strategies
  • Steroid
  • Other medications
  • Evaluation & goals
• Intubation
  • Indications for intubation
  • Procedural details
  • “We’re bagging the patient because the ventilator isn’t working”
• Intubatedpatients
  • Overall strategy
  • General principles of ventilating an asthmatic
  • Initial vent settings:  Volume-cycled ventilation
  • Initial vent settings:  Pressure-cycled ventilation
  • Alkalinization
  • Respirolytic sedation
  • Dissociative ketamine infusion
  • Paralysis
  • Inhalational anesthetics
  • ECMO
• ECMO
• Algorithm
• Podcast
• Questions & discussion
• Pitfalls
• PDF of this chapter (or create customized PDF)