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Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
 -
Fibrillation - Diagnosis ... heart") - Sleep apnea ... Fibrillation #AFib #Diagnosis ... PIRATES #Emergency #Cardiology
Management of Apnea in Procedural Sedation
 • Apnea Definition: The cessation of breathing for more than
Management of Apnea ... Procedural Sedation • Apnea ... Risk Factors, Diagnosis ... medshubham #Apnea
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Disorders • Central Apnea ... Factitious by Proxy Apnea ... Breathing • Apnea ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Table of Breathing Patterns and Their Associated Conditions
Apnea
Biot's respirations
Bradypnea
Cheyne-Stokes respirations	
Hyperpnea
Hyperventilation
Hypoventilation
Kussmaul respirations
Orthopnea
Paradoxic ventilation
Sighing respirations
Tachypnea
Hoover's sign

#Breathing #Patterns #Diagnosis
Associated Conditions Apnea ... Breathing #Patterns #Diagnosis
Comparison of Pathologic Breathing Patterns
Biot's respiration aka ataxic respiration:
 - Periodic breathing: hyperpnea (or normopnea) and
normopnea) and apnea ... hyperpnoea/hypopnea and Apnea ... Respiratory #pulmonary #diagnosis
CAPNOGRAPHY 
Provides a measure of ventilation – or concentration of CO2 exhaled air (aka end tidal
Apnea or hypoventilation ... time to detect Apnea ... hyperventilation #apnea
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
- Differential Diagnosis ... Obesity/SIeep apnea ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Capnography Waveforms
Sudden loss of waveform
 • ET tube disconnected, dislodged, kinked or obstructec
 • Loss of
Decreased EtCO2 • Apnea ... Sedation #Diagnosis
Reversible Neurocognitive Disorders (Reversible Causes of "Dementia")
 • Structural/Mass: Subdural Hematoma, NPH, Intracranial tumor
 • Infection:
Alcohol, Sleep apnea ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Sedatives, Sleep Apnea ... #Differential #Diagnosis