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-If you extubate and hear stridor with poor respiration<br />

then consider edema and acutely give racemic Epi<br />

nebs prn stridor, keep HOB elevated to 90°, and give<br />

solumedrol 60 mg IV Q6 hours x 48 hours<br />

• Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)<br />

- This is a long term complication: Need ENT<br />

evaluation<br />

Weaning MV<br />

When pts are clinically improved, assess the following criteria<br />

for extubation:<br />

• Original condition requiring intubation has been reversed<br />

or improved<br />

• During sedation vacation, patients are awake and alert<br />

• Hemodynamically Stable (HR60mm, no<br />

evidence of myocardial ischemia) while on minimum to no<br />

vasopressor support and no sedation<br />

• Stable Oxygenation (PaO2>60mm and O2Sat>92%)<br />

while on minimum non-toxic oxygenation settings<br />

(PEEP

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