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Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Differential Diagnosis ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Pressure Vent, pHTN, Shock ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... #causes #pulmonary
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Neurogenic Cold ... Sounds • Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Diagnosis by Classification ... Anaphylaxis - Spinal cord ... exacerbation (any cause ... flow) - Massive pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lesions of the Spinal cord - Spinal Cord Syndromes

Spinal cord lesions can result in permanent neurologic
Spinal cord ... deficiency - Syrinx ... Lower motor neuron symptoms ... Upper motor neuron symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Cold Urticaria Prevalence ... skin contact with cold ... minutes after the cold ... , Hypotension, shock ... 10.1111/all.14674 #Cold
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Asthma • COPD ... • Hypovolemic shock ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
of the spinal cord ... monophasic Pathophysiology ... to the spinal cord ... Bilateral signs and/or symptoms ... • Infectious causes
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
vein thrombosis, Pulmonary ... arrhythmias, Cardiogenic shock ... ischemia, Acute cor ... Extrapulmonary #Diagnosis ... #Signs #Symptoms
Prader-Willi Syndrome: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Maternal uniparental disomy: inheriting 2 copies of maternal chromosome
Loss of parental copy ... Syndrome Signs/Symptoms ... , sleep apnea, cor ... pulmonale #PraderWilli ... Syndrome #genetics #pathophysiology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... some red blood cells ... 10,000 ft) • Symptoms ... • Signs/Symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis