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Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... effusion/Tamponade Hematologic ... Hypovolemic shock (blood ... • Brainstem pathology ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
Hyponatremia - Differential Diagnosis by Mechanism
Decr Blood Pressure (“Decr Effective Circulating Volume”) 
 - Volume depletion
Hyponatremia - Differential ... Mechanism Decr Blood ... hemorrhage) - Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Table ... #Causes #Sodium
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
• Severe diarrhea ... exacerbation (any cause ... obstruction to blood ... flow) - Massive pulmonary ... Classification #Table
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
it pus, edema, blood ... or tumor cells ... (Table on the left ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Consolidation #Differential
Eosinophil Disorders Testing Algorithm
INDICATIONS FOR TESTING:
 • Peripheral blood eosinophilia/hypereosinophilia uncovered incidentally during medical evaluation or
• Peripheral blood ... for secondary causes ... glucocorticoid treatment ... Disorders #Algorithm #Differential ... #diagnosis #hematology
Myelodysplastic Syndromes (MDS)

What?
Myelodysplastic syndromes are a group of disorders caused by blood cells that are poorly
Out Secondary Causes ... factor (GCSF) treatments ... abnormal under a microscope ... count with differential ... Syndromes #diagnosis #hematology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
- Blood - hemorrhage ... - Cells - tumor ... lobar pneumonia caused ... respond to the treatment ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), MPA (microscopic ... Goodpasture's cause ... reveals increasing blood ... FINDINGS: • U/A: microscopic ... diagnosis #management #treatment
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
of high parity blood ... without other cause ... , and CXR with pulmonary ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Borrelia recurrentis on Peripheral Blood Smear
23M Somali refugee recently arrived w/severe abd pain, confusion and fever
The table below ... Treatment is tetracycline ... initiation of treatment ... recurrentis #BloodSmear #microscopy ... #pathology #clinical