Bruno Matos

Bruno Matos

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  1. Pulse oximetry vs. arterial saturation

    Bruno Matos posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    How can we explain the difference between the values of the pulse oximetry and the arterial saturation in the same child at the same moment? A lot of times we have a pulse oximetry of 85% with 98% on...

  2. post-op cabg care

    Bruno Matos replied to jetty's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    In our cabg's we just have a left atrium cath and a CVP cath, that we pull out in the morning after surgery. Almost of our patients stay at ICU just for 20 - 24 hours . We only put SG if we have a...

  3. post-op cabg care

    Bruno Matos replied to jetty's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    You always have a Swan Ganz catheter on your CABG patients

  4. post-op cabg care

    Bruno Matos replied to jetty's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    In my unit we use the following to know how much IV fluids we can give (cc/h): Required basic fluid = BSA x 1000 / 24 (post op day 0) ; post op day 1 : RBF = BSA x 1500 / 24 ... We have to pay...

  5. Persistent SVT

    Bruno Matos posted a topic in PICU, Pediatric

    Someone have experience in management of recurrent SVT (more than 12 episodes/d) in a baby (1 month old) who underwent cardiac surgery ? Those episodes ceases with Adenosine bolus and actually the...

  6. Blood Pressure secondary to Temp. Pacing

    Bruno Matos replied to aithug316's topic in Cardiac

    Hi there! First of all - what kind of generators do you usually use? Single chamber or sequential pacing? Remember - if you have a ventricular pace you lose about 30% of CO (you lose the atrial...

  7. Digitalis.....tell me how you give it.....

    Bruno Matos replied to llgRN's topic in Cardiac

    We use to confirm all the preparation of the drug (total amount, dilutions, etc...) with 2 persons. And always be careful with the hipokalaemia, correct it before administration!! Side efects have...

  8. Incompatibility table (IV's drugs)

    Bruno Matos posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Our ICU table it's a little bit old ... Someone knows where I cand find a really actualized table? Thank you for your

  9. Incompatibility table (IV's drugs)

    Bruno Matos replied to Bruno Matos's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I will love that!!! :chuckle

  10. Nitric Oxide

    Bruno Matos posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Occasionally we use NO to ventilate our babies with PPH (in the post op of cardiac surgery). We don't have any protocol to manage these situations (like determination of metahaemoglobin ... ) We...

  11. T piece

    Bruno Matos posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    During the weaning period we usually use the t piece trial. In your protocol, how many liters of oxygen do you use at this stage, it depends of the PaO2 before ? Thanks for your

  12. T piece

    Bruno Matos replied to Bruno Matos's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We use cpap to, but in some cases, we need to know if the patient can be without any "help" pressure. And so, we put him with t piece no more than 15-30 min. Usually we do like this: VC - SIMV+PS...

  13. G C S application

    Bruno Matos posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    How do you evaluate the verbal response in the patients under mechanic ventilation. It´s a major doubt in my unit. Happy new