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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... edema), Lung Exam, POCUS ... PPI Oxygen Therapy
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Physiologic Causes ... Pathologic Causes ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... Infarction • Pulmonary ... Pathophysiology #causes
Mask Oxygen Delivery Devices

Simple Mask aka Hudson's Mask:
 • Flow 6-10 LPM
 • FiO2 35-50%
Face Tent:
• Flow 6-10 LPM ... • Flow 10-15 LPM ... A venturi mask uses ... • Flow 2-15 LPM ... Devices #management #pulmonary
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... athletic training, Pulmonary ... achlorhydria: PPI ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... pleura in severe cases ... ) Cardiogenic Pulmonary ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
) is caused by a ... dysfunction • Pulmonary ... other high-output causes ... dissection • Other causes ... Rule out other causes
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... Pneumonia on Lung POCUS ... POCUS lung exam ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... Lung POCUS shows
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching ... case: you are called ... chest drain on POCUS ... #pulmonary #respiratory
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate ... The most common causes ... - Many other causes ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... output - Acute pulmonary
Sensitivity is the proportion of truly diseased persons in the screened population who are identified as
correctly diagnose a case ... that any given case ... it has a narrow focus ... Calculation #Table #PPV