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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... OSA DIFFUSION DISORDER ... • Causes: Pneumonia ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... acute diffuse, inflammatory ... congestion with hypoxemia ... oxygenation in pneumonia ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Diagnosis: Causes ... syndrome, intestinal bacterial ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... Nephrology #ABG #bloodgas
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Most Common Causes ... cultures (sputum for bacteria ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... , ARDS, DAH, solitary ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... Exclude other causes ... #diagnosis #management
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
of HIV/AIDS patients ... drug-resistant infection, bacterial ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... (fever, cough, hypoxia ... #Diagnosis #Management