(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Funny Bacteria Overview (Unfortunately, Not Really Funny, Just Peculiar!) First, to briefly review, bacteria come in three general…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands When is toxoplasmosis typically transmitted to a fetus (under what conditions)? When the mother has a primary infection…
(1) Department of Emergency Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Many immunoglobulins used in prevention are now synthesized. Which ones come from pooled serum immunoglobulin, instead? (2) •…
and Katherine C. Clement10 (9) Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA (10) Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, CB 7221, Chapel Hill,…
as a surrogate for blood gas PCO2, to decrease or increase ventilatory support. IntelliVent® also uses SpO2 to decrease or increase PEEP and FiO2. The two ECPs were studied in…
), which imply a proportionally large pulmonary ventilation (), achieved mostly by breathing at high rates. Indeed, fast breathing is a common characteristic of all newborn mammals. With respect to…
and Sunil K. Sinha14 (13) Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, F4790 C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5254, USA (14) Paediatrics and Neonatal…
(5) Department of Respiratory Care, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Foundation, Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98105, USA Educational Goals Describe a basic understanding of the oxygen transport chain. Understand the various technologies…
The effect of changes in intrathoracic pressure on cardiac function Spontaneous ventilation and normal heart Positive intrathoracic pressure and systemic venous return The effects of changes in intrathoracic pressure on…
In this equation (the alveolar gas equation), P AO2 represents the alveolar partial pressure of oxygen. Additional variables are defined as follows: The first component needed in the calculation of…
