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Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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embolism • Cardiac ischemia ... effusion/Tamponade Hematologic ... • Metabolic acidosis ... • Hypovolemic shock ... exposures • Lactic acidosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
, - regional ischemia ... ->treatments include ... - regional ischemia ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... disease, Hepatic ischaemia ... #hepatology
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
& Cardiogenic Shock ... Troponin, Lactate, Liver ... antiarrhythmics - Ischemic ... Revascularization, treatment ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... cannot, coronary ischemia ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... criticalcare #foamed #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... essentially Cardiogenic Shock ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... vasculitis: 10%-16% Liver ... renal tubular acidosis ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment