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Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Abnormalities #Hypoxemia ... #Hypoxia #Differential
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... #hypoxia #Differential
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypoventilation • Respiratory ... Antiphospholipid syndrome ... #Oxygenation #Hypoxia ... #Causes #Obstetrics
Syncope - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neurocardiogenic:
 • Vasovagal
 • Orthostatic Hypotension
 • Autonomic Neuropathy
 • Situational (micturition,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... , defecation) Respiratory ... : • Pulmonary ... Embolism • Hypoxia ... • Sick Sinus Syndrome
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... polycythemia from chronic hypoxia ... Physical stigmata of cor
Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fetal Factors:
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Turner syndrome ... Drugs - Maternal Hypoxemia ... • Pulmonary ... #Causes #Obstetrics
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... with associated hypoxia ... lung disease (COPD
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
Breathing Normal The respiratory ... consider infarction, hypoxia ... hyperventilation syndrome—a ... bronchitis, and COPD ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary