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POCUS Lung Algorithm for the Use of Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Dyspnea 

#Diagnosis #Management #CriticalCare
POCUS Lung Algorithm ... of Dyspnea #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare ... #Algorithm #Ddxof ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis of Pleuritic Chest Pain:

Categorized by causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary, MSK, Drug/Toxins, Heme/Onc, Renal, Autoimmune

#Diagnosis #Pleuritic
Differential Diagnosis ... of Pleuritic Chest ... causes: Cardiac, Pulmonary ... Autoimmune #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #Ddxof
POCUS Algorithm for Chest Pain

Integrating POCUS in crashing chest pain is complex. Know the views that
POCUS Algorithm ... for Chest Pain ... narrowing the differential ... #Algorithm #CriticalCare ... Shock #Crashing #Diagnosis
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Dysphagia:Oropharyngeal:
- Characterized by difficulty initiating swallowing and accompanied by choking/coughing, nasopharyngeal
Algorithm for the ... characterized by a ... coordinated by medulla #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Ddxof
Hypoxemia Differential Diagnosis Algorithm by A-a Gradient

Normal A-a Gradient:
 • ↓ Atmospheric pressure
 • Hypoventilation: CNS
Hypoxemia Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... neuromuscular disease, ↓ chest ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #pulmonary #Aa
Petechiae/Purpura - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Represent the passage of erythrocytes from the intravascular to extravascular
Algorithm. ... this may suggest a ... commonly renal and pulmonary ... #Differential # ... Ddxof
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
and Management Differential ... , Flash Pulmonary ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... STAT CXR, CTA Chest ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Weakness, Loss of Chest ... Elasticity (flail chest ... Left Shunt - Anatomic ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential ... #diagnosis
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
, it is likely a ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #HRCT ... #CTChest #NodularPattern ... MultipleNodules #Nodules #Differential
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
clinical diagnosis ... with presence of pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm #management ... heartfailure #chf #criticalcare