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Hypoxia and Hypoxemia - Overview
Hypoxia - insufficient oxygen delivered to tissues to meet demands
Hypoxemia - low
) PIO2 - atmospheric ... oxygen dissolved in arterial ... hemoglobin in arterial ... oxygen content of arterial ... #pulmonary #differential
Hypoxemia in Anesthesiology - Differential Diagnosis and Management 

Management: 

• increase Fi02 to 100% - verify!
Hypoxemia in Anesthesiology ... - Differential ... • increase Fi02 ... • arterial blood ... #Differential #
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
A-a gradient = [FiO2 ... Elevation, Low Fio2 ... Gradient #alveolar #arterial ... #pulmonary #Hypoxia ... #hypoxemia #differential
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
by the ratio of arterial ... severity of the hypoxemia ... mm Hg < PaO2 / FiO2 ... Hg with PEEP or CPAP ... mm Hg < PaO2 / FiO2
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory ... Failure - Differential ... OXYGEN • Low PATM Can ... shunting (eg, atrial ... #Differential #
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
History in favor of CAP ... , Tachycardia, Hypoxemia ... when secondary to bacterial ... - Severe CAP present ... breaths/min, PaO2 / FiO2
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... dissolved in the PaO2/FiO2 ... evidence of left atrial ... of the spiral arteries ... edema #causes #differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... usually: - hypoxemia ... hypoperfusion/ hypoxemia ... ’s • Reduced Arterial ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... syndrome, intestinal bacterial ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... with associated hypoxia ... Base #Gas #VBG #differential
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Acquired Pneumonia (CAP ... (LR + 2.7) • Hypoxia ... • PaO2/FiO2 ratio ... or CT Scan Bacterial ... Obtain in severe CAP