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Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
asthma • Pleural disease ... atelectasis • Lung ... 12 / shallow breathing ... Hypoventilation: • CNS ... disorders (e.g., GBS
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... acidosis: - CNS ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD, ... #Base #Gas #VBG
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
consider infarction, hypoxia ... hyperventilation syndrome—a ... In lung disease ... bronchitis, and COPD ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... diseases, pulmonary ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... hepatopulmonary syndrome
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... obstruction • COPD ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... for bacteria and Acid
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... oxygenation due to a gas ... absence of intrinsic lung ... Arterial blood gas ... on radioactive lung
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
the serum that has ... anemia, folic acid ... • Pulmonary infarction ... Pneumonia • Other lung ... Periodic paralyses CNS
Nail Pathologies - Findings in or Near Nails

Paronychia 

A superficial infection of the proximal and lateral
tissue at the nail base ... possibly from hypoxia ... disease and lung ... seen in Reiter's syndrome ... Clinical #Signs #PhysicalExam
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... worsening of that disease ... pleural effusions, CNS ... (fever, cough, hypoxia ... Differential #Diagnosis #Management