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Causes of Post-Partum Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
6 W's for causes of PPF
 - Wind: pneumonia,
Causes of Post-Partum ... Algorithm 6 W's for causes ... Wind: pneumonia, atalectasis ... Respiratory: • Atelectasis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... Pneumonia • Atelectasis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Rounded atelectasis
The typical findings of rounded atelectasis on CT are pleural thickening, pleural-based mass and comet
Rounded atelectasis ... findings of rounded atelectasis ... local pleuritis causes ... lung shrinks and atelectasis ... Findings #Rounded #Atelectasis
Lobar atelectasis or lobar collaps is an important finding on a chest x-ray and has a
Lobar atelectasis ... The most common causes ... of atelectasis ... Sometimes lobar atelectasis ... types of lobar atelectasis
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pleural Effusion • Atelectasis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Pulmonary edema • Atelectasis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... cava syndrome • Atelectasis ... Algorithm #Hepatology #causes
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Mucous Plugging, Atelectasis ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Total atelectasis
The chest x-ray shows total atelectasis of the right lung due to mucus plugging.
Notice the
Total atelectasis ... x-ray shows total atelectasis ... A common cause of ... total atelectasis
There is an atelectasis of the left upper lobe.
You would not expect the apical region to
There is an atelectasis ... in fact this is caused ... lower lobe, which causes