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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diffuse Lung ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential ... obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... : Interstitial lung ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... #hypoxia #Differential
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura in severe cases ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #differential # ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congestive heart failure ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD) Exposure-Related ... ILD caused by inhalation ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... ILD #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • Interstitial lung ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Hemoptysis - Differential ... westermani, PNA, Lung ... , Idiopathic pulmonary ... • Left Heart Failure ... #causes
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
POCUS lung exam ... Differential Bilat ... : Pulmonary edema ... Lung POCUS shows ... Lung POCUS invaluable
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Idiopathic ... Congestive Heart Failure ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... , inflammatory lung ... leading to increased pulmonary ... overload with heart failure ... the underlying cause