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Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
and Diagnosis Asthma ... curve, Low peak ... Hyperresonance, Hypoxemia ... #COPD #comparison ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric ... Algorithm CXR Abnormal ... : • Pulmonary ... Beta-Agonist: • Asthma ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Laryngospasm Wheeze: • Asthma ... Pneumonia • Asthma ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... INSPIRED OXYGEN • Low ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... , asthma, COPD, ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... disease (COPD, OSA, Asthma ... bloodgas #Acid #Base
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
consider infarction, hypoxia ... or slow. ... asthma, chronic ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Respiratory Acid-Base ... Hypoxemia or tissue ... : Obstruction, Asthma ... #causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... laboratory or diagnostic ... Seizures - Severe asthma ... LV failure - Low ... output - Acute pulmonary