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Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... workup for alternate ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... #Exacerbation #treatment
Workup of Hypercalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
High or Normal PTH:
 • Hyperparathyroidism: Parathyroid adenoma, Parathyroid hyperplasia,
Workup of Hypercalcemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm High ... #Algorithm #Workup ... #nephrology #PTH
Peri-operative Hyperthermia - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
If prolonged or ≥ 39 C this is a
Treatment depends ... Phaeochromocytoma Neurologic ... Anesthesiology #Anesthesia ... #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup
Hypocalcemia Workup - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Low Magnesium, High Magnesium - Functional Hypoparathyroidism
 • High
Hypocalcemia Workup ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm • Low ... metastases, Hungry bone syndrome ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... • Interstitial lung ... Hypoventilation Syndrome
Hypophosphatemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Appropriately Low Kidney Phosphate Excretion:
 • Decreased GI Absorption: Chronic Diarrhea, Antacids,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Appropriately ... Inappropriately High ... #Algorithm #nephrology ... #phosphorus #workup
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... settings • Causes: High ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Horner's Syndrome on Physical Exam

A 75yoF was referred in for facial swelling and eyelid changes 1
Horner's Syndrome ... consistent with a diagnosis ... the apex of the lung ... or induced by treatment ... #physicalexam #neurology
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
result in permanent neurologic ... patients with a long ... loss - Saddle anesthesia ... #differential #diagnosis ... #neurology
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
globules in the lung ... • Diagnosis: ... requires a high ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... #management #treatment