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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... POCUS (B-lines, lung ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... #treatment #criticalcare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
congestion with hypoxemia ... be detected on CT ... or CXR ● PaO2/ ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Left Shunt - Anatomic ... : Atelectasis, ARDS ... , Interstitial Lung ... #Hypoxia #hypoxemia ... #differential #diagnosis
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
computed tomographic (CT ... lobar collapse, lung ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... +/- High res CT ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... CT) • Broncho-arterial
Hampton hump is a radiologic sign which consists of a shallow wedge-shaped opacity in the periphery
periphery of the lung ... may aid in the diagnosis ... CT angiography. ... #photo #CXR #EmergencyMedicine ... #CriticalCare #
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... chest CT, or ultrasound ... contributor to the hypoxemia ... #Criteria #pulmonary ... #criticalcare
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... the right middle lobe ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... dyspnea, tachypnea, hypoxemia