Pathology

Learn about refractory hypoxemia, its causes, pathophysiology, and treatments like PEEP, mechanical ventilation, and prone positioning.

Learn what hypoxemia is, its causes, symptoms, and treatment, including V/Q mismatch, shunting, and impaired oxygen delivery.

Learn the causes of hypoxemia, including hypoventilation, V/Q mismatch, shunting, and diffusion problems, and how they affect oxygen levels.

Learn how Guillain-Barré syndrome causes respiratory failure, including symptoms, diagnosis, ventilatory support, and treatment strategies.

Learn how trauma, obesity, near drowning, and burns affect breathing and how respiratory care manages airway, oxygenation, and ventilation.

Learn what ARDS is, its causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, and why it’s important in respiratory care and critical care medicine.

Learn what pulmonary edema is, its causes, symptoms, and treatments, and why it’s important for respiratory therapists in clinical care.

Learn what congestive heart failure is, how it causes pulmonary edema, and why it matters in respiratory care practice.

Learn what shock is, its types, pathophysiology, and why it matters in respiratory care and critical care management.

Explore the risk factors, symptoms, and treatments of a myocardial infarction (MI) and understand the urgency of heart attack care.

Learn what flail chest is, how it impairs breathing, and why respiratory therapists play a critical role in managing this injury.

Learn how cor pulmonale develops from chronic lung disease and why early recognition is critical in respiratory care.

Learn what coronary artery disease is and why it matters to respiratory therapists in acute care and critical care settings.

Learn what central sleep apnea is, its causes, diagnosis, and treatment, and why it matters in respiratory care and patient outcomes.

Learn what obstructive sleep apnea is, its causes, diagnosis, and treatment, and why it matters in respiratory care and patient outcomes.

Learn about sleep apnea, its types, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, and why it is important in respiratory care and patient outcomes.