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Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Epiglottitis • Vocal ... cord dysfunction ... pneumothorax, COPD ... 12 / shallow breathing ... #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Differential Diagnosis ... AVMs • Focal ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... #Diagnosis #causes
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Asthma vs COPD Presentation ... between attacks COPD ... Subxiphoid PMI • COPD ... #comparison #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Algorithm Pulmonary ... Disease and/or Hypoxemia ... : • COPD • Interstitial ... Sleep-Disordered Breathing
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... • Functional: Vocal ... Bronchoconstriction: Asthma, COPD ... Stridor #Noisy #Breathing ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Vocal Cord Granuloma on Bronchoscopy

Young Male 30s non-smoker, chronic unexplained cough x 2 years. Failure to
Vocal Cord Granuloma ... cord. ... Final Diagnosis ... cord Granuloma ... #pulmonary #GERD
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... 20/min, shallow breathing ... > 20/min, deep breathing ... • Asthma • COPD ... • Paradoxical vocal
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
and Rhythm of Breathing ... consider infarction, hypoxia ... bronchitis, and COPD ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... obstruction • COPD ... Physical stigmata of cor ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis