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Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... Airway Disease (Asthma ... Hypothyroidism Peripheral ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Acute Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
No Fever, No Tachypnea
 - Normal Chest Auscultation
Causes of Acute ... Pediatric Cough ... Crackles • Asthma ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
Acute Eosinophilic ... hx - Fever+, Cough ... tobacco hx, >60% asthma ... Progressive SOB + Cough ... #pulmonary
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
Acid Base and Blood ... obstruction • COPD, asthma ... alkalosis drive • Hypoxemia ... acidbase #workup #algorithm ... #diagnosis #acidosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... disease (COPD, OSA, Asthma
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... of Respiratory Acid-Base ... Hypoxemia or tissue ... , Pneumonia, pulmonary ... : Obstruction, Asthma
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Algorithm Idiopathic ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... , worse at the bases ... and periphery, ... , Beomycin • Acute