Current Concepts in Adult Critical Care-Case Presentation and Audience Participation

Case Presentation and Audience Participation - 4

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Video Summary

The video discusses a patient with ARDS receiving aggressive therapies such as intubation and prone positioning in the ICU. The patient experiences ventilator dyssynchrony, leading to a trial of paralysis. As his lung injury improves, he no longer requires prone positioning, and the paralytic is discontinued. However, he continues to have poor mental status and elevated ammonia levels, unrelated to medication. The question posed is about the most effective treatment for hyperammonemic encephalopathy.

Keywords

ARDS

intubation

prone positioning

ventilator dyssynchrony

hyperammonemic encephalopathy

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