Study Notes · Asthma Why You Might Choose BiPAP Over Intubation When CO2 Is Rising In most respiratory emergencies, a rising CO2 is one of the clearest signals to intubate. In severe asthma, that same finding can point toward a trial of BiPAP instead — because in this...
Study Notes · Asthma Why Asthma Gets Less PEEP Than COPD on BiPAP, Despite Both Being Obstructive It’s a reasonable assumption that two obstructive airway diseases should be ventilated the same way. On BiPAP, they aren’t — and the reason comes down to...
Study Notes · Asthma Why Hasn’t Asthma Mortality Improved Despite Decades of Better Drugs? Inhaled corticosteroids, better beta-agonists, biologics for severe disease — asthma pharmacotherapy has genuinely advanced for decades. Mortality hasn’t followed... 