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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... perfusion scanning or pulmonary ... • Oxygenation defect ... SpO2 > 88% • Management
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... 6 months after pulmonary ... multiple bilateral defects ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management
Shock and Vasoactive Drugs 
1) Determine type and etiology of shock
 • Distributive: Sepsis, Anaphylaxis, Neurogenic
Disease, Mechanical Defect ... Pericardial tamponade, Pulmonary ... inopressors #diagnosis #management
Clinical features of focal cortical brain lesions in a right-handed individual

Frontal, either:  
Intellectual impairment, 
Personality
Homonymous field defect ... Homonymous field defect ... Homonymous field defect ... Visual field defects ... Visuospatial defects
Pathophysiology of Pulmonary Embolism
 - Effects of mechanical occlusion
 - Effects of chemical mediators
 - Hemodynamic
Pathophysiology of Pulmonary ... Embolism - Effects ... mechanical occlusion - Effects ... Pathophysiology #Pulmonary
Atrioventricular Septal Defect
aka AV canal defect aka endocardial cushion defect
 • Epidemiology and Associations
 • Embryology
Atrioventricular Septal Defect ... aka AV canal defect ... endocardial cushion defect ... Post-Operative ICU Management ... cushion #diagnosis #management
Distal Renal Tubular Acidosis
Distal RTA is the true Nephrogenic RTA and can be truly divided into
• H secretion defect ... Carbonic anhydrase II defects ... • H gradient defect ... problem • Voltage defect ... NH3 secretion defects
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
lung disease • Pulmonary ... Ventricular Septal Defect ... Atrial Septal Defect ... Pulmonary Right ... Algorithm #Causes #Pulmonary
Undifferentiated critical congenital heart disease: Patterns of Presentation 
Pink baby:
 • Presents at 1-6 mo
VSD, AV canal defect ... if cardiac or pulmonary ... catch blue baby defects
Instructions on how to perform the swinging light test to detect a relative afferent pupillary defect.

http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2015/01/05/cmaj.140685

Normal
afferent pupillary defect ... afferent pupillary defect ... afferent pupillary defect ... afferent pupillary defect ... Afferent #Pupillary #Defect