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Important Respiratory Distress Pearls

#diagnosis #respiratory #distress #NRDS #RDS #TTN #MAS #neonatal #pediatric #adult #respiratory #adverse #effects
Important Respiratory ... Distress Pearls #diagnosis ... NRDS #RDS #TTN #MAS ... neonatal #pediatric #adult ... ventilation #algorithm #causes
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Tachypnea: Respiratory ... shallow breathing in adults ... Post-Ictal/Grand mal ... Anxiety, fright, pain
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
Breathing Normal The respiratory ... min in normal adults ... pleuritic chest pain ... include respiratory ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Arthritis Differential Diagnosis ... Noninflammatory • Trauma ... weeks) Can Be Caused ... arthritis • Adult ... #MSK #rheumatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Activation Syndrome (MAS ... arthritis (sJIA) • Adult-onset ... manifestation of MAS ... Plasma exchange #MAS ... Activation #Syndrome #Diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Diagnostic Framework

1) Chronicity
2) Inflammatory vs Non-Inflammatory
3) Number of Joints Involved

1) Chronicity:
Approach to Joint Pain ... - Diagnostic Framework ... Like in this case ... #Joint #Pain #MSK ... #rheumatology #
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
- Differential Diagnosis ... endemic fungi cause ... possible fever, chest pain ... #differential #diagnosis ... #InfectiousDiseases
Hodgkin's Lymphoma Overview

Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) is an uncommon hematological malignancy arising from mature B cells. It
history • Young adults ... Anterior mediastinal mass ... hemolytic anemia • Pain ... X-ray (Mediastinal mass ... lymph node biopsy (diagnostic
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... system stimulation: Pain ... encephalitis, Tumor, Trauma ... Pneumoconiosis, Bronchitis, Adult ... #causes
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... upper and lower respiratory ... tract, and often causes ... involvement, abdominal pain ... #Rheumatology