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Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia ... Focal Alveolar: Pneumonia ... pHTN, Shock • Airway ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Hypoxemia ... #hypoxia #Differential
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... perfusion Mismatch • Airway ... lung disease • Pulmonary ... Septal Defect Pulmonary ... Malformation • Severe Pneumonia
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Stridor - Upper airway ... Movement - Lower airway ... hemorrhage • Pus: pneumonia ... • Water: pulmonary ... Algorithm #rapid #pulmonary
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
DIFFUSION DISORDER • Difficulty ... lung diseases, pulmonary ... • Causes: Pneumonia ... asthma, COPD, pulmonary ... shunting (eg, pulmonary
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia ... Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Therapeutics: Airway ... #Hypoxia #Workup
Lung POCUS: Shred sign in patient with non-translobar consolidation. Phased array probe used.

Dr. Robert Jones @RJonesSonoEM

#ShredSign
Phased array probe ... Consolidation #Pneumonia ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary ... #Ultrasound #Clinical
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
this patient have pneumonia ... e.g., CXR, CT, ultrasound ... procalcitonin) - Pulmonary ... signs (tachypnea, hypoxemia ... #Pneumonia #Venn
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
physiologically challenging airway ... some existing difficult-airway ... HEAVEN criteria (Hypoxemia ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult ... #Airway #RebelEM
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Parenchymal • Pneumonia ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... Embolism* Lower Airway ... AECOPD Upper Airway
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... inflammatory debris-small airways ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary