Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and Medicine Department of Emergency Medicine Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine University of California, San Diego
Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) is the delivery of ventilatory support and positive pressure into the lungs without the need for an invasive endotracheal or tracheostomy tube. This su
Understanding Alcoholic Ketoacidosis
A 49-year-old male with a history of alcohol abuse presents to the ED with complaints of generalized abdominal pain and vomiting for the last 36 hours. The patien