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Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
fatigue, fever, hypoxemia ... Complications #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
Presentation and Diagnosis ... is frequent • Symptoms ... pack years • Symptoms ... Hyperresonance, Hypoxemia ... COPD #comparison #Diagnosis
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... - Pulmonary symptoms ... signs (tachypnea, hypoxemia ... Venn #Diagram #Diagnosis
Raynaud’s Phenomenon: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Finger pulp atrophy
 • Tissue ischemia/infarction -> Digital ulcerations
extremities • Reactive hyperemia ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #diagnosis
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
patient with a diagnosis ... positional dyspnea and hypoxemia ... Symptoms occur when
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
- Respiratory symptoms ... new or worsening symptoms ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis ... upright position • Hypoxemia ... diffusion from IPVDs Diagnostic ... Quantifies degree of hypoxemia ... resolution of symptoms
Community Acquired Pneumonia - Presenting Features
 • History in favor of CAP: Dyspnea, Cough, particularly if
, Tachycardia, Hypoxemia ... Acquired #Pneumonia #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
disease causing hypoxemia ... Symptoms of right ... Classification #diagnosis
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Diagnostic Criteria (The "Budapest Criteria"):
 • Persistent pain out of proportion to
Syndrome (CRPS) Diagnostic ... inciting event • Symptoms ... an alternative diagnosis ... painful) • Other Symptoms ... livedo, cyanosis or hyperemia