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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... to neurologic injury ... • Occurs when blood ... shunting (eg, atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
High output heart failure ... of developing atrial ... mmHg developed atrial ... Trauma • Heart Failure ... Infarction • Pulmonary
RV Failure secondary to Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on Echocardiogram
Pulmonary arterial hypertension resulting in severe RV dilation
to Pulmonary Arterial ... Pulmonary arterial ... This case illustrates ... #Pulmonary #Arterial ... clinical #cardiology #s4c
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... pulmonary blood-gas ... Traumatic brain injury ... acute respiratory failure ... evidence of left atrial
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... pressure, Pulmonary ... - Mechanism: causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
(DAH) & renal failure ... quantify renal injury ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... reveals increasing blood ... retum in serial
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
blood by excretion ... liver or renal injury ... output - Acute pulmonary ... ’s • Reduced Arterial ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (TAPVR)

Here's the bedside Echo of an 8-week-old boy who presented to
and respiratory failure ... Blood from the Lungs ... (This causes ↑ strain ... Return #POCUS #Echocardiogram ... #Clinical #A4C
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
perfusion, recheck blood ... blood gas, 12-lead ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... #Differential #Anesthesiology ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Microbiology: Blood ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Injury By: • Early ... ↑ Suspicion -> TEE