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Hypoxia and Hypoxemia - Overview
Hypoxia - insufficient oxygen delivered to tissues to meet demands
Hypoxemia - low
tissues, also called ... blood loss) or abnormal ... - Cells cannot ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... This is also called ... from the various causes ... Look for other signs ... may still have a normal
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
sliding/barcode sign ... Pneumonia: - Consolidation ... - Supleural Consolidations ... pleura in severe cases ... lung sliding COPD
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Most Common Causes ... Nasal polyps and signs ... Physical stigmata of cor ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
consider infarction, hypoxia ... punctuated by frequent sighs ... Occasional sighs ... bronchitis, and COPD ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acetazolamide Causes ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... with associated hypoxia ... lung disease (COPD
Differentiating Features Between Central and Peripheral Cyanosis

Mechanism - Arterial destauration
Sites - Skin, mucous membrane of oral
Oxygen therapy - Pulmonary ... cause can improve ... Temperature - Cold ... blood gas - pO2 normal ... Peripheral #Comparison #Signs
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
some red blood cells ... • Signs/Symptoms ... dyspnea, tachypnea, hypoxemia ... • Signs/Symptoms ... - The classic signs
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
: • 1400 new cases ... • Bilateral signs ... Sjogren's • CSF: - Abnormal ... Pleocytosis > 100 cells ... • Infectious causes
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
thickening - lack of normal ... A signet-ring sign ... The most common cause ... chronic bronchitis, COPD ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary