ECMO Sweep Gas Oxygen Fraction with In-line Nitric Oxide v1.1 Calculates the oxygen fraction and gas flow reaching an ECMO oxygenator after in-line nitric oxide addition. Mixer oxygen setting 100% oxygen % Base sweep gas flow 5.0 L/min L/min Nitric oxide setting 20 ppm ppm Subtract sample-line gas removal Yes Yes No Uses 0.23 L/min […]
Read More »Doctors often start consultation calls with “sorry to bother you.” This article explains why that phrase undermines collaboration—and what to say instead.
Read More »Infusion Dose Calculator v1.15 Calculate an infusion drug dose rate (μg/min and μg/kg/min), or set a target dose rate and compute the required infusion rate. Independent inputs Patient weight Drug amount Diluent volume Concentration: — mg/mL (— μg/mL) Linked variables Infusion rate Absolute dose rate Weight-normalised rate Equations Concentration (μg/mL) = (Dosemg × 1000) ÷ […]
Read More »Noradrenaline Infusion Calculator Dose in micrograms (μg) per kilogram per minute Infusion Strength (80 μg/mL) Single4mg/50mL Double8mg/50mL Quad16mg/50mL Parameters Patient weight kg Infusion rate mL/h Noradrenaline dose: 0.10 μg/kg/min Show Equations Equations Single → 80 μg/mL (4mg/50mL) Double → 160 μg/mL (8mg/50mL) Quad → 320 μg/mL (16mg/50mL) μg/min = (rate [mL/h] × concentration [μg/mL]) ÷ […]
Read More »This will be a list of some of the top critical care journals, with their Impact Factors, Scimago Journal Rank (more robust than IF) and H-index. IF (from Clarivate) and SJR (from Scopus) are released yearly, around June/July, whereas H-index is continuously updated. This tool auto-checks for updates once a week. If you have any […]
Read More »This is likely to be disastrously wrong, I’m just tinkering here with the code to see how a calculation package might look. Please, do not use any of this information. Beta Vancomycin Level & Half-life (AU) Calculator Intermittent dosing at a fixed infusion rate of 1000 mg/h. Add doses & levels; the calculator estimates k, […]
Read More »I’ll start a living list of educational online resources to enrich your teaching. I’ll eventually make it into a more database-y look when I have time. My Free Bingo Cards https://myfreebingocards.com Create a bingo game, with customised titles etc Jeopardy Labs https://jeopardylabs.com Create a jeopardy game for use as a teaching game Kahoot https://kahoot.com Create […]
Read More »Gattinoni Mechanical Power — VCV (Long-form, I:E single slider) Gattinoni Mechanical Power — VCV (Square Flow, Long-form) Respiratory rate (RR): 15 breaths·min⁻¹ Tidal volume (VT): 500 mL Peak pressure (Ppeak): 35.0 cmH2O Plateau pressure (Pplat): 25.0 cmH2O Total PEEP (PEEPtotal): 10.0 cmH2O Inspiratory flow (Flow): 60 L·min⁻¹ (set 0 to derive from I:E) I:E ratio: […]
Read More »Oxygenation Index (OI) OI = (FiO₂ × Mean Airway Pressure × 100) / PaO₂ FiO₂ Fraction % Mean airway pressure cm H₂O PaO₂ mm Hg kPa Calculate mean airway pressure Oxygenation Index — Mean Airway Pressure (helper) Formula (NIV/BiPAP): MAP ≈ IPAP·(TI/Ttot) + EPAP·(TE/Ttot) Ttot = 60 / RR; TE = Ttot − TI IPAP […]
Read More »This is the kit you should always take with you on retrieval / transport runs. It should be small, able to be carried in a large pocket or very small bag, and reasonably light weight. On most short (<2h total travel time) transports you will likely use none of it, but as transport times become […]
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