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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function ... Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests ... #PFTs #Interpretation ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... - Blood Gas Interpretation ... Diagnosis: Causes ... #Diagnosis #Summary ... #Gas #VBG #differential
Hypochloremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Cause - Decreased Intake:
 • Low salt in diet
 • Exclusive D5W
Hypochloremia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... decarboxylation/gas ... muscle cells • Gas ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Urinary Chloride
 • Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
Metabolic Alkalosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vomiting/nasogastric suction ... • Normal acid-base ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... , worse at the bases ... Impaired cardiac function ... Metastases to lung as
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
preserved systolic function ... pivotal in this case ... "just another case ... highest on my differential ... AorticRegurgitation #Diagnosis
Neurological Disorders and the Creative Process
Behavior:
 • Obsession and repetition: Frontotemporal Dementia/ Corticobasal degeneration
 • Functional
degeneration • Functional ... Sensory - Auditory Interpretation ... Disorders #Creative #creativity ... #differential # ... diagnosis #neurology
Metabolic Alkalosis - Urinary Chloride Algorithm
Cl- responsive metabolic alkalosis
 • Kidney loss of Cl-
Vomiting/nasogastric suction ... poisoning Normal acid-base ... In a normal gap ... Algorithm #nephrology #differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
of Primary and Functional ... may involve MV base ... Causes of functional ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Cardiology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Failure (ADHF) as ... simply a clinical diagnosis ... be determined based ... hemodynamics and cardiac function ... #diagnosis #differential