Dr. Mekela Whyte-Nesfield, a Critical Care attending at Children’s National Hospital, discusses strategies for managing mechanical ventilation in patients with asthma. Topics covered include evaluation and adjustment of plateau pressure and peak pressure settings, benefits and risks of paralyzing intubated asthmatic patients, criteria for considering ECMO, and considerations for mechanical ventilation and extubation in status asthmaticus.

Dr. Mekela Whyte-Nesfield, a Critical Care attending at Children's National Hospital, discusses indications for intubation in asthma patients, acid-base abnormalities, sedation and paralysis considerations, medications and techniques for treatment, and the challenges of manual chest compression in asthmatic patients.