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Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... exercise testing; CTEPH ... hypertension; PCH ... , pulmonary hypertension ... ; CLD, chronic lung
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Hypertension (CTEPH ... Exercise intolerance, dyspnea ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... Bypass Other Treatment ... hemodynamic variables, dyspnea
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
Pulmonary Hypertension ... III - Chronic lung ... apnea Group IV - CTEPH ... hemodialysis WHO PH ... Classification #diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... Presentation: • Dyspnea ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... on radioactive lung ... #management #treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... pneumonia, ARDS, DAH ... Dyspnea 3. ... Mortality has been ... #Toxicology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
presence in the lower lung ... • Progressive dyspnea ... - decrease in PaO ... the left heart TREATMENT ... only definitive treatment