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Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria Medical ... Internal Medicine #Respiratory ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... im #radiology #clinical
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory ... Failure - Differential ... lung diseases, pulmonary ... Failure #hypoxia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
A serious case of Flail chest. This is a medical emergency!

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#Flail #Chest #Breathing #Pattern
This is a medical ... Medical Talk @TheMedicalTalk ... Trauma #Video #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary ... #Respiratory
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... • Tachypnea: Respiratory ... • Hyperpnea: Respiratory ... • Pericardial effusion ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... Possible small plural effusion ... Possible bilateral effusion ... severity Acute Respiratory ... #differential #
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Criteria for Acute Respiratory ... week of a known clinical ... consistent with pulmonary ... explained by pleural effusions ... lung collapse, or pulmonary
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation: CNS of Respiratory ... Intracardiac, Pulmonary ... Disease and more • Diffusion ... Defect: Pulmonary ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... acidosis Step 5 - Differential ... - Rapid saline infusion ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... Base #Gas #VBG #differential
Clinical Management for Three Common Causes of Shock 
HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK
 • Ensure adequate ventilation and oxygenation.
Clinical Management ... Initiate judicious infusion ... of poor organ perfusion ... and positive end-expiratory ... pressure (PEEP) for pulmonary
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
either due to a diffusion-perfusion ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... scanning or pulmonary ... no established medical