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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory ... 760 mm Hg at sea level ... : Decreased respiratory ... obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... hepatopulmonary syndrome
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
Pneumonia - Typhoid fever ... ventilation, ARDS acute respiratory ... distress syndrome ... Corticosteroids #Adjuvant #InfectiousDiseases ... Pharmacology #Management #Treatment
Paradoxical Respirations in Diaphragmatic Paralysis

Note the paradoxical movement of the abdomen during inspiration. The accessory inspiratory
The accessory inspiratory ... This change causes ... Diaphragm #Clinical #Video ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary ... #Respiratory
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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• Tachypnea: Respiratory ... • Hyperpnea: Respiratory ... deep breathing Pulmonary ... Tachypnea: • Pulmonary ... • Temperature/FEVER
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
tachypnea with no respiratory ... cause 3) Labs ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... Toxic Salicylate Level ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes ... infarction - Pulmonary ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... Postmyocardiotomy syndrome ... #Causes #Differential
A serious case of Flail chest. This is a medical emergency!

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#Flail #Chest #Breathing #Pattern
A serious case of ... Pattern #Trauma #Video ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary ... #Respiratory
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Uncommon Causes ... - Low-grade fever ... insufficiency, fever ... /Symptoms: - Respiratory ... status, decreased respiratory
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
production • Treatment ... rapidly fatal • Causes ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... ; Serotonin syndrome ... • Treatment: