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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory ... Mount Everest) HYPOVENTILATION ... : Decreased respiratory ... sedatives, obesity-hypoventilation ... of hypoxemic respiratory
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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• Tachypnea: Respiratory ... • Hyperpnea: Respiratory ... PVFM) Cardiac Causes ... Hematologic Causes ... Central neurogenic hyperventilation
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory ... failure, Mechanical hyperventilation ... Miscellaneous: Obesity, Hypoventilation ... hypercapnia #respiratory ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
Breathing Normal The respiratory ... Breathing (Hyperpnea, Hyperventilation ... , drug-induced respiratory ... include respiratory ... visibility of hyperventilation
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Respiratory or Metabolic ... of Respiratory ... alkalosis: - Hyperventilation ... of Respiratory ... Asthma, Obesity hypoventilation
Causes of Postoperative Hypercarbia:
Hypoventilation 
 - drug-induced central respiratory depression 
 - intrapulmonary abnormality 
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Causes of Postoperative ... Hypercarbia: Hypoventilation ... drug-induced central respiratory ... #Hypercarbia #Causes
Factors that May Affect Fetal Oxygenation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Excessive Uterine Activity:
 • Hyperstimulation
 • Placental
• Smoking • Hypoventilation ... • Respiratory ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
COPD phenotypes:  Blue Bloaters vs. Pink Puffers
The two most stereotypical forms of COPD are pink
patients present with respiratory ... COPD plus obesity-hypoventilation ... airflow obstruction causes ... severe hypercapnia, hypoventilation
The Chvostek sign (/ˈkvɒstɪk/) is a clinical sign of existing nerve hyperexcitability (tetany) seen in hypocalcemia.It
encountered in respiratory ... as that seen in hyperventilation ... , which causes decreased
Table of Breathing Patterns and Their Associated Conditions
Apnea
Biot's respirations
Bradypnea
Cheyne-Stokes respirations	
Hyperpnea
Hyperventilation
Hypoventilation
Kussmaul respirations
Orthopnea
Paradoxic ventilation
Sighing respirations
Tachypnea
Hoover's sign

#Breathing #Patterns #Diagnosis
respirations Hyperpnea Hyperventilation ... Hypoventilation