FPS Quiz Todd (for Facebook)

A 62 year old male with chronic severe idiopathic fibrosis of the lung presents with increased shortness of breath, increased oxygen requirement, fever, increasing sputum, and tachycardia. CXR does not show an infiltrate so you are worried about a PE and get a d-dimer. It is 600. What do you do next?

Your 63 year old male patient admitted for hip fracture has such bad withdrawal from alcohol that he ends up intubated for days, also developing HCAP in the process on top of his underlying COPD. You are really trying to wean the ventilator. To be a candidate for a spontaneous breathing trial he needs the meet which of the following criteria? (mark all the apply)

An 11-month-old male comes in with tachypnea, fever, hypoxia to 90% and coughing up mucous. RSV is positive and the child is given a nebulizer treatment of albuterol in the ER due to the extensive wheezing on exam. He continues to wheeze, remains tachypneic to the 60s, his O2 sat is around 94% on room air, and he is dehydrated from decreased PO intake so he is admitted for observation. Which of the following is recommended for this child with RSV bronchiolitis after admission?