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Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... • Interstitial lung ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Abnormalities • Chest ... #Algorithm #Causes
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... ARDS: Clinical Cheat ... <300mmHg with a ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... • Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... #Algorithm #causes
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... Weakness, Loss of Chest ... Elasticity (flail chest ... , Interstitial Lung ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
- Bilateral A-lines ... pleura in severe cases ... severity Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
teaching case: ... POCUS - What’s the diagnosis ... #clinical #video ... #respiratory #Chest ... #Lung
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome ... consistent with pulmonary ... chest radiograph ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... infiltrates on chest ... scattered crackles, chest ... #differential #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... parenchyma by a ... • Most common cause ... radiograph shows a ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Lung Hernia (Sibson Hernia) on physical exam due to a traumatic chest injury.

Sibson Hernia is a
traumatic chest ... Sibson Hernia is a ... surgery or certain pulmonary ... #clinical #video ... #physicalexam #respiratory