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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... diseases, pulmonary ... AVMs, hepatopulmonary ... syndrome), intracardiac ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... pleura in severe cases ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary ... Syndrome - Diagnosis ... disease Caused ... dilation - Positive findings ... #syndrome #diagnosis
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
disease, idiopathic ... due to alveolar syndrome ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #HRCT #POCUS #Lung ... Correlation #Table #ILD #Findings
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... FINDINGS: • AAV ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... #management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... , in advanced disease ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Premature Ventricular Complexes (PVC's) - Summary Framework

Why PVCs?  Can be the first manifestation of cardiac
(e.g., long QT ... syndrome, ARVC) ... Causes: • Hypertension ... = NSVT EKG Findings ... more intensive treatment
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Characteristic finding ... Exclude other causes ... macrophages Treatment
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Overview Epidemiology ... Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... : • 10%-15% Pulmonary ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
Hepatopulmonary ... arteriovenous shunting causes ... presence in the lower lung ... the left heart TREATMENT ... #diagnosis #hepatology