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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... Algorithm • Normal ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests ... #PFTs #Interpretation ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Arterial Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis - Metabolic + Respiratory Acidosis + Alkalosis

pH ↓ pCO2 ↓ -
Blood Gas (ABG) Analysis ... - Metabolic + Respiratory ... BloodGas #ABG #Analysis ... #Interpretation ... #AcidBase #Diagnosis
Acid Base and Blood Gas Analysis
1. pH - What’s the primary disturbance?
2. pCO2 - What’s the
and Blood Gas Analysis ... Respiratory Acidosis ... acidbase #workup #algorithm ... #diagnosis #acidosis ... #bloodgas #interpretation
Blood Gas Analysis and Interpretation
STEPS TO ANALYSIS
1. Look at PH. Alkalotic or acidotic?
and Interpretation ... - pCO2 (respiratory ... agrees with pH (respiratory ... #Interpretation ... #diagnosis
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... the Diagnosis of ... Stridor #Noisy #Breathing ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Approach to Selecting Respiratory Support:
-The role of noninvasive respiratory support is generally to reduce the patient's
Approach to Selecting Respiratory ... of noninvasive respiratory ... patient's work of breathing ... the patient's diagnosis ... RespiratorySupport #Selection #Algorithm
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Central Apnea Respiratory ... : • Periodic Breathing ... #Algorithm #Causes
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
and COPD The diagnosis ... of exposure to respiratory ... and pattern of respiratory ... such as blood analysis ... #Differences #Algorithm
START is a rapid triage system for prioritizing disaster victims
Briefly, it is based around:
- Is the
Is the patient breathing ... - What is the respiratory ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Incident #Triage #Algorithm
Basics of Waveform Capnography
Waveform capnography assesses ventilation by monitoring exhaled carbon dioxide
Can use measurement and morphology
different phases of respiratory ... 0 - >90° = rebreathing ... PHASE I - Inspiratory ... #Capnography #interpretation ... #patterns #diagnosis