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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Stable Angina • Acute ... EffusionsPleural ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... • Metabolic Acidosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
A-lines (parietal pleura ... the severity Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome (ARDS) ... #differential #diagnosis
COVID-19 on Lung POCUS - Day 2

Day 2 after COVID diagnosis. Less sore throat, cough &
diagnosis. ... effusion, thickened ... #clinical #lung ... #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #Effusion
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... fully explained by pleural ... effusions, lobar ... #Acute #Respiratory ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... effusion, Pneumonia ... effusion, Pulmonary ... Chronic: Metabolic acidosis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... : Clinical Cheat ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
Pulmonary teaching ... - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical ... pulmonary #respiratory
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
Syndrome - Summary Acute ... like illnesses, COVID ... Guillain-Barre Clinical ... patients) • Respiratory ... variants: (1) acute
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
hypoxemia/Sepsis etc ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... cardiac output - Acute ... pulmonary edema ... peritonitis - Acute
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... and exudative pleural ... effusionsAcute ... toxicity (e.g., ... acute respiratory