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HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY EDEMA (HAPE)
 • High altitude disease that kill most people
 • Incidence: severe
HIGH ALTITUDE PULMONARY ... THERAPY 1) Rapid Descent ... hyperbaric chamber if descent ... 50 TID: Lowers pulmonary ... HAPE #diagnosis #management
Acute Mountain Sickness 
Low partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude 
• Stop ascent 
• Supportive
altitude • Stop ascent ... hyperbaric chamber • Descent ... Signs #Diagnosis #Management
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
atrial myxoma, pulmonary ... - Prominent x descent ... percarditis - Slow y descent ... myxoma - Rapid y descent ... defect - Absent y descent
Campbell’s sign or Tracheal Descent in Longstanding COPD

Patients with longstanding COPD may show downward displacement of
sign or Tracheal Descent ... sign #Tracheal #Descent ... #physicalexam #pulmonary
Tracheal Descent Sign

Paradoxical inward movement of the trachea during inspiration. Seen in this COPD patient in
Tracheal Descent ... #Tracheal #Descent ... #respiratory #pulmonary
Jugular Waveform Components 
 • a wave - due to atrial contraction: It occurs just before
• x descent - ... • x descent - ... overcomes the descent ... • y descent - ... Thus the y descent
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome: Investigations and Management

#Pulmonary #Renal #Syndrome #Diagnosis #Workup #Management
Pulmonary Renal ... Investigations and Management ... #Pulmonary #Renal ... Diagnosis #Workup #Management
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
), Cardiogenic pulmonary ... copious secretions, Recent ... Ventilation #diagnosis #management ... #indications #pulmonary
Pulmonary Hypertension Group Classification
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #Hypertension #PHTN #Group #Classification #Curbsiders
Pulmonary Hypertension ... Classification #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pulmonary #Hypertension
Pulmonary Hypertension Algorithm - Matthew Watto, MD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #Hypertension #PAH #Workup #Evaluation #Algorithm #Differential #Curbsiders
Pulmonary Hypertension ... MD #Diagnosis #Management ... #Pulmonary #Hypertension