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Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Blood: diffuse alveolar ... asthma • Pleural disease ... atelectasis • Lung ... 12 / shallow breathing ... Hypoventilation: • CNS
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation: CNS ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... , Interstitial Lung ... #Hypoxia #hypoxemia
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
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
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... obstruction • COPD ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... acidosis: - CNS ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD,
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... leading to diffuse alveolar ... sparing of the lung ... differential #diagnosis #management
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