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Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... Most Common Causes ... Physical stigmata of cor ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... congestion with hypoxemia ... detected on CT or CXR ... the underlying cause ... #ARDS #Summary
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 ... lung disease (COPD ... Interpretation #Diagnosis #Summary
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management Summary ... symptoms are not caused ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... and Management Summary ... lung disease Caused ... upright position • Hypoxemia ... heart 3-6 cardiac cycles
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary ... when plasma is cooled ... thrombophlebitis, pulmonary ... cryoglobulins • Negative causes ... Antiphospholipid syndrome