What's the Diagnosis
Vent Settings 101
Name that Symptom
Alphabet Soup: Acronyms in Action
History of a Breath
100

Condition characterized by insufficient surfactant production in premature neonate

What is respiratory distress syndrome?

100

The number of breaths delivered per minute

What is the rate?

100

The physical sign involves inward movement of the chest wall during inspiration

What is retraction?

100

High frequency ventilation that provides active inhalation and passive exhalation

What is HFJV, high frequency jet ventilator?

200

Condition characterized by air leakage into pleural space, causing lung collapse in neonates

What is pneumothorax?

200

The pressure maintained in the airways at the end of exhalation

What is positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP)?
200
Absence of breath sounds on left side of chest

What is a left sided pneumothorax?

200

High frequency ventilation that provides active inhalation and active exhalation

What is HFOV, high frequency oscillator ventilator ?

200

Type of cell that makes surfactant

What are type II pneumocytes?

300

 Condition where air gets trapped in the lung tissue outside the air sacs (alveoli)

What is pulmonary interstitial emphysema (PIE)?

300

The amount of air delivered to the lungs with each breath

What is tidal volume?

300

Pink, frothy secretions while suctioning

What is pulmonary edema?

300

The setting that controls the peak pressure delivered during a ventilator breath

What is the Pmax?

300

Stage of lung development of a 22-week neonate

What is canalicular stage?

400

Condition where blood leaks from the lungs' capillaries into the air sacs (alveoli) and surrounding tissue

What is pulmonary hemorrhage?

400

The frequency at which the ventilator delivers short bursts of gas into the airway

What is the jet rate?

400

Frank red secretions traveling up the ETT

What is pulmonary hemorrhage?

400
Ground glass appearance and air bronchograms on chest radiograph

What is RDS (respiratory distress syndrome)?

400

Stage of development where gas exchange occurs

What is saccular?

500

Condition of chronic lung disease affecting premature infants, characterized by the need for supplemental oxygen and/or ventilation at 36 weeks postmenstrual age

What is bronchopulmonary dysplasia?

500

The driving pressure that the ventilator uses to deliver the desired flow and tidal volume

What is the servo pressure?

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