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Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Stridor - Upper airway ... Movement - Lower airway ... atelectasis • Lung ... 12 / shallow breathing ... #differential #Diagnosis
Hoover's Sign

Hoover’s sign refers to inward movement of the lower rib cage during inspiration- instead of
hyperexpansion of the lungs ... Pulmonary #COPD ... #PhysicalExam #Video ... #Clinical #Breathing ... #Paradoxical #Respiratory
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... High-pitched, variable respiratory ... Ludwig's angina Trauma ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
COPD Physical Exam Likelihood Ratios
Barrel Chest - LR 1.5
Pursed Lip Breathing - LR 2.7
Reduced breath sounds
1.5 Pursed Lip Breathing ... LR 11.8 Early inspiratory ... #PhysicalExam # ... LikelihoodRatios #LRs #diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
disease, pleuritic chest ... because narrowed airways ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... #Abnormal #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest
Lung Hernia (Sibson Hernia) on physical exam due to a traumatic chest injury.

Sibson Hernia is a
to a traumatic chest ... trauma, thoracic ... surgery or certain pulmonary ... #physicalexam # ... respiratory #breathing
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
Findings in the Trauma ... Implications Respiratory ... fracture-dislocation - Airway ... cxr #chestxray #trauma ... #diagnosis #signs
Tram Track Sign on Chest CT
 • Parallel, non-tapering airways, extending to the lung periphery.
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Tram Track Sign ... on Chest CT • Parallel ... , non-tapering airways ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... infiltrates on chest ... scattered crackles, chest ... pressure due to airway