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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... • Acute Respiratory ... • Chronic Lung ... Arterial Hypertension ... • Pulmonary
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... Embolism, Obstructive Lung ... , Interstitial Lung ... Gradient #alveolar #arterial ... #pulmonary #Hypoxia
ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Fundamentals
Definitions:
 • ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) provides prolonged pulmonary and/or circulatory support
provides prolonged pulmonary ... an artificial lung ... returned to the Arterial ... hypoxemia/mixed respiratorv ... cannula • VA: Pulmonary
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Criteria for Acute Respiratory ... consistent with pulmonary ... lobar collapse, lung ... collapse, or pulmonary ... by the ratio of arterial
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood cells in the lung ... causes of acute respiratory ... of the spiral arteries ... /Symptoms: - Respiratory ... status, decreased respiratory
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Arterial Line: ... (PPV) with the respiratory ... Pulmonary Artery ... measurement using arterial ... • PULMONARY A
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
different phases of respiratory ... data regarding pulmonary ... EMPHYSEMA - Arterial ... the heart to the lung ... output state - Pulmonary
General overview of lung diseases. 

#diagnosis #causes #lung #disease #restrictive #obstructive #pulmonary #respiratory #pearls #ddxof
General overview of lung ... diagnosis #causes #lung ... #obstructive #pulmonary ... #respiratory #pearls
Lung Volumes and Capacities

The amount of air that moves in and out of the lungs during
Lung Volumes and ... and out of the lungs ... The inspiratory ... #Lung #Volumes # ... Capacities #Capacity #Pulmonary
Main causes of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.

#differential #algorithm #diagnosis #causes #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal #lung #diseases #pulmonary
diffuse parenchymal lung ... #parenchymal #lung ... #diseases #pulmonary ... #respiratory