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Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiovascular ... AECOPD Upper Airway ... #Algorithm #Causes
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
mortality), Other causes ... Inability to protect airway ... secretions, Recent head/neck ... Continuous positive airway ... #Ventilation #diagnosis
Head and Neck Skin Ulcers - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Neoplastic:
 • Squamous cell carcinoma
 • Basal cell
Head and Neck Skin ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Neoplastic ... Radiation #Head #Neck ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... perfusion Mismatch • Airway ... #Algorithm #Causes
Resequenced Trauma Resuscitation Algorithm

Two categories of immediate life-threats in trauma:

1. Massive external hemorrhage

2. Critical airway compromise
Resuscitation Algorithm ... Critical airway ... , head/neck injuries ... Resuscitation #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Management
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Pericardial ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... syndrome • Shunt Airway ... #Algorithm #Causes
Can’t Intubate, Can’t Oxygenate (CICO) - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
This is the last resort when
Guidelines for Crises ... Prepare for Front of Neck ... positioned with full neck ... Guidelines for crises ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
existing difficult-airway ... , Obstruction, Neck ... Exsanguination, Neck ... to address this clinical ... #Diagnosis #EM #
Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis of Macroscopic Hematuria
Important Historical Elements:
- Painless: suggests malignancy
- Painful: suggests calculi/infection
- Urinalysis:
Algorithm and Differential ... Diagnosis of Macroscopic ... RBC’s, RBC/WBC casts ... terminal (bladder neck ... , prostatic) #Diagnosis