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Work of Breathing Physiology with Dr. Bill Bortcosh, Part 2

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The Importance of Preserving Mental Status in Neurotypical Patients

A lot of patients in the PICU are neurotypical. Alterm mental status can be a really difficult exam finding for some of those patients. Having a preserval mental status is a really good indication that your carbon dioxide is probably fine. If I see someone with increased work of breathing and who's untunded, that to me is probably going to make me intubate them regardless.

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