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Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
Diagnosis and Management ... Hemorrhage (DAH) Blood ... injury, inflammation ... of DAH: • DAH triad ... #Management #Pulmonary
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
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... o infection • Echocardiogram ... leading to diffuse alveolar ... reveals increasing blood ... #management #treatment
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Transthoracic echocardiogram ... ventricular size, Right atrial ... pressure, Pulmonary ... ventricular septum 2) ... #management #hepatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
and Management ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... blood gas (ABC) ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... pulmonary blood-gas ... Traumatic brain injury ... and alveoli thus ... evidence of left atrial
Fusarium Infections
Acquired through:
1. Inhalation of airborne conidia > germinates > blood > disseminated
2. Trauma (implantation with
> disseminated 2. ... cases, median -3d ... Refractory FUO, Sino-pulmonary ... type of injury ... #management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... Digital clubbing (2- ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... abnormal in adults • Blood ... #differential #diagnosis
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis and Management Summary
10 percent rule = 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal, multiple, bilateral,
Pheochromocytoma - Diagnosis ... • Classic triad ... Hypertension: 1/2 ... may present with pulmonary ... apparent type 2
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Libman Sacks) • Atrial ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Septic Emboli Cause Injury ... ↑ Suspicion -> TEE ... #management #cardiology