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Risk of Respiratory Failure Evolves After Sepsis Onset

Daily Nurse

An analysis of 10 years of health data showed that risk factors for needing mechanical ventilation changed for patients with newly diagnosed sepsis as more time passed after onset. of patients with a new diagnosis of sepsis required initiation of mechanical ventilation. In the study, 13.5% of patients.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals Adequate O2 delivery depends on the inspired partial pressure of O2, alveolar ventilation, pulmonary gas exchange, blood oxygen-carrying capacity and cardiac output. The easiest factor to manipulate is the partial pressure of inspired O2.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Establishment of a patent airway, oxygenation and bag-mask ventilation (BMV) remain the cornerstones of good emergency airway management. Category: Fundamentals Basic airway procedures are critically important and often lifesaving.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals Upper airway obstruction caused by the tongue can be relieved by positioning maneuvers of the head, neck and jaw; the use of nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal airways; or the application of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV).

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals Extraglottic devices, such as laryngeal mask airways (LMAs) and the King Laryngeal Tube (LT), are also important for the initial resuscitation of apneic patients and for rescue ventilation when intubation fails.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

A PETCO2 reading higher than 70 mm Hg in patients without chronic ventilation problems indicates respiratory failure. Category: Fundamentals Acute bronchospasm results in a capnogram with a curved ascending phase and an upsloping alveolar plateau.

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Nursing Tip of the Day! - Fundamentals

Nurse Nacole

Category: Fundamentals Capnography is more sensitive than clinical assessment of ventilation in detecting apnea along with other respiratory complications. This leads to more awareness of respiratory complications associated with procedural sedation.

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