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Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
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Chest Trauma Complications ... - Differential ... Contusion • Acute ... Esophageal Injury Lung ... : • Pulmonary
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
and Management Differential ... , Flash Pulmonary ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... STAT CXR, CTA Chest ... Management #treatment #criticalcare
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... caused by a rigid chest ... edema in acute ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Left Shunt - Anatomic ... Embolism, Obstructive Lung ... , Interstitial Lung ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential ... #diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Diagnosis Framework ... metastatic spread: lung ... carcinomas) • Complications ... of acute myocardial ... patients with pulmonary
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Also known as: Lung ... Broncholithiasis Complications ... Broncholithiasis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
advanced disease Complications ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
of right middle lobe ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... Exclusion of other diagnosis ... NTM #Infections #differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... blood cells in the lung ... common causes of acute ... #diagnosis #NCPE