ABGs
The ABG value that represents the respiratory system.
What is PaCO2?
The normal range for cardiac output
What is 4 - 8 L/min?
The vessel that transports deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle
What is the pulmonary artery?
This bundle improves patient outcomes when implemented
What is the ABCDEF Bundle?
The minimum angle a patient receiving mechanical ventilation should have their head of bed elevated
What is 30 degrees?
The condition that a pH of 7.5 represents
What is alkalosis?
The amount of blood pumped by the heart with each beat
What is stroke volume?
The system involving the kidneys that responds to hypotension and helps regulate blood pressure
What is the renin-angiotensin aldosterone system (RAAS)?
This condition with fluctuating mental status increases morbidity and mortality for ICU patients
What is delirium?
This inhaled beta-adrenergic agent is often administered for patients who exhibit bronchoconstriction
What is albuterol (Proventil)?
pH 7.27, PaCO2 58, HCO3 24
What is uncompensated respiratory acidosis?
A severely dehydrated patient's low cardiac output is related to this decreased parameter (preload, afterload, or contractility)
What is preload?
The ideal treatment to re-perfuse coronary arteries for a patient having a myocardial infarction (MI)
What is percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)/percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)?
What are Spontaneous Awakening and Spontaneous Breathing trials?
This ventilator setting is used to improve oxygenation in a patient diagnosed with ARDS
What is PEEP?
pH 7.49, PaCO2 42, HCO3 30
What is uncompensated metabolic alkalosis?
The preferred treatment for a CVP of 1 and a PAOP of 6
What is IV fluids?
The type of renal failure a patient who is receiving norepinephrine (Levophed) to treat profound hypotension would experience
What is pre-renal?
A patient has a CVC and a Foley catheter in place. This is the best way to prevent CLABSI and CAUTI.
What is remove these devices?
These ventilator settings are utilized to treat an elevated PaCO2 level
What are rate and tidal volume?
pH 7.25, PaCO2 25, HCO3 15
What is partially compensated metabolic acidosis?
The medication that selectively increases afterload without impacting other parameters
What is phenylephrine (Neosynephrine)?
The emergent treatment for a dangerously elevated potassium level
What is insulin and dextrose?
("K-cocktail" more broadly may also include sodium bicarbonate and calcium gluconate)
This medication used for sedation and treatment of agitation does not cause respiratory depression
What is dexmedetomidine (Precedex)?
A pulmonary embolus creates this imbalance that prevents gas exchange between the alveoli and the capillaries
What is a ventilation-perfusion (V/Q) mismatch?