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Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Physiologic: ARDS ... pHTN, Shock • Airway ... Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis ... #hypoxia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Failure - Differential ... DIFFUSION DISORDER • Difficulty ... edema (most common ... #Failure #hypoxia ... #Differential #
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Hemoptysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Airways ... Bronchitis • Bronchiectasis ... westermani, PNA, Lung ... #causes
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... • Dyspnea • Hemoptysis ... Most Common Causes ... #pulmonary #differential
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
Hemoptysis - Differential ... 300 mL in 24h Airway ... • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis ... Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #causes
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... congestion with hypoxemia ... edema must be present ... overload with heart failure ... the underlying cause
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood cells in the lung ... with exertion, difficulty ... failure or ARDS ... edema can be caused ... #edema #causes
Selected causes of acute respiratory failure in adults. 
 - Airway disorders 
 - Pulmonary edema
- Airway disorders ... edema - Unclear ... - Parenchymal lung ... #Failure #Differential ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... Causes include: ... distress syndrome (ARDS ... HTN • Airway ... #edema #NCPE #differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
/Chronic renal failure ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... hypoventilation) - Airway