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A serious case of Flail chest. This is a medical emergency!

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#Flail #Chest #Breathing #Pattern
A serious case of ... Flail chest. ... #Chest #Breathing ... Video #Clinical #PhysicalExam ... #Pulmonary #Respiratory
Paradoxical Breathing on Physical Exam

Paradoxical breathing is often a sign of breathing problems. It causes the
It causes the chest ... DDx includes flail ... chest and diaphragm ... #PhysicalExam # ... clinical #video #pulmonary
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... - Asthma - COPD ... - Obesity - Flail ... #diagnosis #causes
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Epiglottitis • Vocal cord ... 12 / shallow breathing ... compliance (e.g., flail ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Hypoxemia: • COPD ... Sleep-Disordered Breathing ... Metabolic Disorders Chronic ... #Causes
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... /Chest Wall: • ... : Tumor, Vocal cord ... #Causes #Differential
COPD Physical Exam Likelihood Ratios
Barrel Chest - LR 1.5
Pursed Lip Breathing - LR 2.7
Reduced breath sounds
Ratios Barrel Chest ... 1.5 Pursed Lip Breathing ... #PhysicalExam # ... LikelihoodRatios #LRs #diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
Tachypnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Pulmonary Causes ... • Asthma • COPD ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
disease, pleuritic chest ... asthma, chronic ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... #Abnormal #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam