Acute Respiratory Failure

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Session 3 of The ICU Curriculum

This session defines hypoxemic and hypercapnic respiratory failure, provides a structured differential for each form of respiratory distress, identifies patients that benefit from non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, and then briefly reviews indications for intubation, as well as basic variables that be controlled on the ventilator. Content created by: Daniel Gergen, MD, Joshua Raines, MD, Bryan Lublin, MD, MPH, Anna Neumeier, MD, and Christopher King, MD. References included at end of video.