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General overview of lung diseases. 

#diagnosis #causes #lung #disease #restrictive #obstructive #pulmonary #respiratory #pearls #ddxof
General overview ... #diagnosis #causes
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
deterioration of general ... depending on the cause ... #Differential #Causes
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
•
sleep apnea • General ... thoracic surgery • General ... anesthesia #surgery #causes
Pitting vs Non-Pitting Edema: Differential Diagnosis
For pitting edema: there's generally an issue with :
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edema: there's generally ... edema is usually caused ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Toxic Alcohol Ingestion: Isopropyl Alcohol
General concepts for toxic alcohols:
• Parent compounds (not metabolites) cause high osmolal
Isopropyl Alcohol General ... not metabolites) cause ... to lactate --> causes
Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy In-Hospital ACLS Algorithm
Potential Etiology of Maternal Cardiac Arrest:
A - Anesthetic complications
B -
F - Fever G - General ... nonobstetric causes
Secondary Causes of Hypothermia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definition:
- Core temp < 35°C

Infectious:
 - Sepsis

Neuromuscular Disease:
 -
Secondary Causes ... Hypoglycemia Impaired Central ... Alpha-adrenergic agonists - General ... Diagnosis #Secondary #Causes
High Anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis (HAGMA) - Mnemonics
Why should we switch from MUDPILES to GOLDMARK?
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toxins that can cause ... Isoniazid can also generate ... recognized as causes
Causes of Abnormal Genital Bleeding - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Non-Gynecologic:
 • Medical (e.g. coagulopathy, liver disease, renal
Causes of Abnormal ... Genital Bleeding ... • Trauma #Genital ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
within GI and URT causes ... Maternal viremia causes ... Hematogenous spread causes ... evasion techniques cause ... symptomatic can have genital