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A Non-Invasive approach to Respiratory Failure
 • COPD and Ventilatory Failure → NiPPV with Bi-level Settings
to Respiratory Failure ... • COPD and Ventilatory ... Failure → NiPPV ... Settings • CHF / Pulmonary ... Pneumonia or ARDS → High-Flow
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
walls leading to high-pitched ... motion, Vocal cord ... bronchi: - Asthma/COPD ... , Edema- heart failure ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Lactate > 1.5 High ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Distributive: • High ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord ... : • Low CO / High ... , CVP > 12 • Pulmonary
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Incontinence - Failure ... Precipitated by cold ... Distended bladder with high ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
COPD Management Algorithm - GOLD 2019 guidelines 

Categorize into COPD GOLD A-D -> Initiate first-line therapy
Algorithm - GOLD ... patients have high ... patients who have high ... Guidelines #Management #Pulmonary ... #Algorithm #pharmacology
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure ... settings • Causes: High ... hypoxemic respiratory failure ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... #Respiratory #Failure
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... edema) • COPD ... Post-extubation in high ... acute respiratory failure ... Chronic respiratory failure
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... Pulm edema, heart failure ... , COPD, Lung cancer ... • CD4 < 200: Pulmonary ... Imaging (CXR +/- High
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
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0.8 Normal + High ... salicylates) R Renal failure ... /Chronic renal failure ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... lung disease (COPD