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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Failure - Differential ... failure • There ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... , asthma, COPD, ... #Failure #hypoxia
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
/Chronic renal failure ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... with associated hypoxia ... lung disease (COPD
Hypophosphatemia and Hypoxia - Pathophysiology

↓ Phosphate leads to ↓ red cell 2,3-DPG and a  reduction
acidosis. ... failure. ... Phosphate is a cause ... insufficiency and failure-to-wean ... #pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Hypoxemia or tissue ... hypoxia: High altitude ... , Pneumonia, pulmonary ... , Pulmonary embolism ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
and metabolic acidosis ... consider infarction, hypoxia ... heart failure, ... bronchitis, and COPD ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Elevation, Lactic Acidosis ... usually: - hypoxemia ... e.g., uptake by cells ... : Hypoxic/Failure ... output - Acute pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... wheezing, and inspiratory ... Physical stigmata of cor ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
some red blood cells ... of acute respiratory ... failure or ARDS ... dyspnea, tachypnea, hypoxemia ... /Symptoms: - Respiratory