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Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Pulmonary Arterial ... Hypoxemia: • COPD ... PulmonaryHypertension #PHTN ... #Causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... • Interstitial lung ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Medical Treatment Algorithm for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Initial medical treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
Algorithm for Chronic ... disease (COPD) ... kilograms divided by height ... #COPD #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Management
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
: High altitude ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... : Interstitial lung ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... bypassing the lungs
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Medications, Spinal Cord ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Tamponade, Severe pHTN ... #criticalcare #algorithm ... #treatment #management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... obstruction • COPD ... in the adjacent lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... fever, malaise, weight ... eosinophilia pneumonia, Pulmonary ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #BOOP #pulmonary
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
the apex of the lung ... experience, the cause ... or induced by treatment ... decompress the spinal cord ... #physicalexam #neurology
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
other obvious causes ... (chronic lung disease ... moderate (or worse) PPHTN ... pressure < 15mmHg TREATMENT ... - Mechanism: causes
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
of High Anion Gap ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology