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Gas trapping & breath stacking - What is your asthmatic patient telling you?

This article explores the risks and management of dynamic hyperinflation in mechanically ventilated patients with status asthmaticus. It outlines causes such as airway obstruction and bronchospasm, and provides strategies for adjusting ventilation settings to minimise gas trapping, support cardiac function, and reduce complications like pneumothorax and systemic hypotension.

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Asthma - clinical fact sheet and MCQ
Asthma - clinical fact sheet and MCQ
Medcast Medical Education Team

Asthma is a long-term inflammatory condition of the airways, marked by episodes of wheezing, breathlessness, chest tightness, and coughing, with airflow restriction that varies over time. This FastTrack-CPD provides a clinical summary on the management of asthma with a quiz to apply your learning and receive CPD (RP and EA categories).

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James presents with acute shortness of breath and a wheeze during a summer soccer match - clinical opal
James presents with acute shortness of breath and a wheeze during a summer soccer match - clinical opal
Susan Helmrich

James, a university student with a history of seasonal allergic rhinitis, presents with sudden respiratory distress following exposure to grass pollen during a soccer game shortly before a summer thunderstorm. Could this be thunderstorm asthma?

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