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Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Interstitial lung ... : • Pleural effusion ... #Causes
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... effusion (MPE) ... goals of assessing lung ... #Effusions #MPE ... #Algorithm #Management
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
effusion - Reduced ... in severe cases ... Possible bilateral effusion ... ) POCUS 101 @ ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Gastrointestinal disease • Hemothorax ... #Effusion #Pulmonary
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... • Vascular (PE ... • Interstitial lung ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Fibrinous septations in Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) - Lung POCUS
 • can be triggered by thoracenteses
Effusion (MPE) ... - Lung POCUS • ... prospective e/o dyspnea ... #Effusion #MPE ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
- performed on dyspneic ... with lung-rockets ... thickened, irregular pleural ... Hi-Res .mp4 version ... www.grepmed.com/images/11924/dyspnea-criticalcare-pulmonary-algorithm-pocus
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
Management of patients ... effusion (MPE) ... goals of assessing lung ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Pleural #Pulmonary
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood cells in the lung ... walking uphill - Dyspnea ... hypertension, dyspnea ... include depressed mental ... and adjacent pleural
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
arteriopathy with • Medial ... 6 months after PE ... lung scanning showing ... procedure: • Median ... Thromboendarterectomy #diagnosis #management