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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Respiratory Failure - Differential ... lung diseases, pulmonary ... , pulmonary AVMs ... Failure #hypoxia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... Pneumothorax, Thrombosis (Pulmonary ... #HsTs #acls #differential ... diagnosis #arrest #management
Syncope is a sudden, transient loss of consciousness, which is thought to be secondary to cerebral
cardiac syncope, e.g ... frequently benign causes ... syncope (ruling out differential ... further guide management ... and an initial ECG
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... hemorrhage) - Pulmonary ... pathology (e.g. ... #Hyponatremia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Table #Causes
Causes of Peripheral Edema - Differential Diagnosis
Increased Hydrostatic Pressure
 • Volume Expansion: Kidney failure, Pregnancy, Medication
Causes of Peripheral ... Edema - Differential ... Heart failure, Pulmonary ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Causes ... Peripheral #Edema #Differential
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... pneumonia • Water: pulmonary ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Algorithm #rapid #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
diagnosis and management ... Causes of localized ... Bronchiectasis #diagnosis #management ... #Differential # ... workup #algorithm #pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Parasitic infection (e.g ... EricsMedicalLectures/ #Wheezing #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #pulmonary
Isocoria - Pupillary Defects - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative Afferent Pupil Defect
 • Optic Neuritis
 • Ischemic
Pupillary Defects - Differential ... Pharmacologic (e.g ... Pupils #Defects #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Ophthalmology
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
(<72 hours) - Differential ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Metabolic disease (e.g