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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... effusion, Pneumonia ... Sarcoid, Tumor, Pleural ... effusion, Pulmonary ... Valvular disease, Tamponade
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... K 5.9 without EKG ... along with rt/lt pleural ... consider serious causes ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - PLAX
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
on POCUS Echocardiogram ... K 5.9 without EKG ... along with rt/lt pleural ... consider serious causes ... #Cardiac #Tamponade
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
hypoxemia/Sepsis etc ... drugs, seizures, malignancy ... - Cardiac arrest ... failure - Low cardiac ... output - Acute pulmonary
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
blood gas, 12-lead ECG ... ) → 3-12 o Cardiac ... tamponade → 3-9 ... Sepsis → 3-14 o Malignant ... o Aspiration, pulmonary