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Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
deep breathing Pulmonary ... Causes of Tachypnea ... Tachypnea: • Pulmonary ... • Temperature/FEVER ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Pneumonitis • Treatment ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes ... lung #disease #pulmonary
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
760 mm Hg at sea level ... lung diseases, pulmonary ... asthma, COPD, pulmonary ... shunting (eg, pulmonary ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Differential Diagnosis - Noninfectious Causes of Fever

CRITICAL DIAGNOSES:
 - Acute myocardial infarction
 - Pulmonary embolism or
Noninfectious Causes ... of Fever CRITICAL ... infarction - Pulmonary ... Transfusion reaction - Pulmonary ... Noninfectious #Causes
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
no respiratory cause ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... Glucose, Salicylate level ... Toxic Salicylate Level ... diagnosis #management #Treatment
Fever vs Hyperthermia
Fever:
 • Regulated in the hypothalamic thermoregulatory center
 • "Set point" raised by prostaglandin
production • Treatment ... rapidly fatal • Causes ... Serotonin syndrome • Treatment ... Identify underlying cause ... Cooling blankets can cause
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Pregnancy • Fever ... Heart Disease Pulmonary ... • Rheumatic Fever ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... and other non-pulmonary ... Pulmonary hemorrhage ... with low oxygen level ... Consolidation #Causes
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
glucose by the liver ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary