PULMONOLOGY – CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
Respiratory Physiology
- Oxygen transport & oxygen dissociation curve
- Ventilation–perfusion (V/Q) mismatch
- Shunt vs dead space
- Alveolar gas equation
- Work of breathing
- Lung compliance vs chest wall compliance
- Airway resistance
- Closing capacity & FRC
- CO₂ elimination & PaCO₂ physiology
- Hypoxemia vs hypoxia – mechanisms
Acute Respiratory Failure
Mechanical Ventilation
- Ventilator Modes
- Newer Modes of Ventilation
- Weaning protocols
- Ventilator waveforms interpretation
- Ventilator Asynchronies
- Barotrauma
- Ventilator induced Lung injury(VILI)
Non-Invasive Respiratory Support
Pulmonary Infections in ICU
- Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP)
- Community-acquired pneumonia (CAP)
- Aspergillosis
- Mucormycosis
- COVID-19 pneumonia
- Pneumocystis pneumonia
- Aspiration Pneumonia
- Mendelsons Syndrome
Airway Diseases
- Severe asthma and status asthmaticus
- COPD exacerbations
- Acute Exacerbation of Interstitial Lung Disease
Pleural Diseases
- Pneumothorax
- Hemothorax
- Empyema
- Lung Abcess
- Hepatic Hydrothorax
- spontaneous bacterial empyema
- Pleural Effusion
- Parapneumonic Effusion
- BronchoPleural Fistula
- Thoracocentesis
Other Disorders
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Embolism
- ARDS
Lung Transplant and Donor Management
- Brain-dead donor ventilatory management
- Lung-protective strategies in organ preservation
- ARDS and lung donation criteria
Airway & Lung Emergencies
Advanced & Special Ventilation Strategies
- Prone ventilation
- Recruitment maneuvers
- Inverse ratio ventilation
- High-frequency ventilation
- Liquid ventilation
- Tracheal gas insufflation
Other Important Topics
- Atelectasis
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Lung POCUS
- Tracheostomy
- Pulse Oximetry
- Nebulisation
- T-piece