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Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... Malformation • Severe Pneumonia ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... 760 mm Hg at sea level ... • Causes: Pneumonia ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Room Air + Sea Level ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Atelectasis, ARDS, Pneumonia ... #Hypoxia #hypoxemia ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
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Algorithm Congenital ... Neurologic Anomaly • Pulmonary ... Infection: • Severe Pneumonia ... Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... Illness Script PATHOPHYSIOLOGY ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... #pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Anxiety, psychosis, Fever ... Hypoxemia or tissue ... , Pneumonia, pulmonary ... respiratory distress syndrome
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... decrease in HIV-1 RNA level ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... , cough, hypoxia ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome