Michael is Chief of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, USA.
Why I love to teach
I am the Chief of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center and I am board-certified in emergency medicine, internal medicine, and critical care medicine. Teaching is a passion of mine, whether it is using a whiteboard, instructing at the bedside, or constructing lectures on tough critical care topics. I am the Medical Director for the Respiratory Care program at the Baltimore City Community College. My clinical interests include respiratory failure and critical care ultrasonography.
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How to treat your intubated ARDS patients with prone positioning
How can we explain the benefit of prone positioning in ARDS from a physiological perspective? In this video, our teacher explains what evidence says about this therapy, how to perform the proning maneuver, and what the contraindications are.
How to use steroids in patients with ARDS
Steroid use in ARDS has been controversial. Their effect may be very different depending on whether you use them early on or in late ARDS stages. In this video, our expert discusses standard steroid protocols and adverse effects you need to look out for.
How to use PEEP in ARDS
Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) prevents lung alveoli from collapsing and improves oxygenation. Our expert explains what role PEEP plays in ARDS treatment and discusses evidence in the high versus low PEEP debate.
How to diagnose ARDS
The first diagnostic criteria for ARDS were defined in 1994. In this lesson, you will learn how the diagnostic criteria evolved over the years, what the current diagnostic approach is, and how ARDS and acute lung injury are related.
Managing asthma with noninvasive ventilation
In this video, we'll look at the evidence for (and against) the use of NIV in patients with acute asthma exacerbations and consider when NIV might be useful in this cohort.
Applying CPAP in pulmonary edema
In this video, we look at how to use CPAP with pulmonary edema patients in order to avoid endotracheal intubation.
Applying NIV after extubation
In this video, we'll look at how NIV may be used to treat post-extubation respiratory failure or prevent respiratory failure before it occurs.
How NIV improves ventilation
In this video, we'll review the mechanisms by which NIV can improve ventilation.
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