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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hypoxemia - Workup and Management ... Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Edema, Mucous Plugging ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Workup #diagnosis #Management
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
airway increased mucus ... see thick dark mucus ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary ... #diagnosis #management
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Edema, Mucous Plugging ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Intracardiac, Pulmonary ... Alveolar: Pneumonia, Mucous
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Tracheal tumors, Mucus ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
tracheal tumor, Mucus ... stenosis, bronchitis, Mucus ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary
Tree-in-bud
In centrilobular nodules the recognition of 'tree-in-bud' is of value for narrowing the differential diagnosis.
Tree-in-bud describes
and impacted (mucus ... Pathophys #Radiology #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome: Investigations and Management

#Pulmonary #Renal #Syndrome #Diagnosis #Workup #Management
Pulmonary Renal ... Investigations and Management ... #Pulmonary #Renal ... Diagnosis #Workup #Management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
wall injury → mucous ... yellow or green mucus ... stigmata of cor pulmonale ... • Pulmonary artery ... Acid fast) • Pulmonary
Fern test. Fern test refers to detection of a characteristic 'fern like' pattern of cervical mucus
pattern of cervical mucus ... specimen of cervical mucus
Mucoid impaction
Mucus plugs or mucoid impaction can mimick the appearance of lung nodules or a mass.
Sometimes
Mucoid impaction Mucus ... differentiating mucus ... MucusPlugging #Mucus