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Pulmonary Hypertension Algorithm - Matthew Watto, MD
#Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary #Hypertension #PAH #Workup #Evaluation #Algorithm #Differential #Curbsiders
Pulmonary Hypertension ... Watto, MD #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pulmonary ... PAH #Workup #Evaluation ... #Algorithm #Differential
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... workup for alternate ... diagnoses and relevant ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... #AECOPD #Algorithm
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Valvular Lung ... Hypoxemia: • COPD ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Repeatedly normal blood ... taken at home, work ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
tests, such as blood ... summary of the differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #ACOPD #Asthma ... #Differences #Algorithm
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... • Interstitial lung ... Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm and Management
Hemorrhagic:
 • Intracerebral: HTN, Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Trauma, Bleeding Diathesis,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... and Management ... Dysplasia, Moyamoya, Blood ... • Watershed: Hypotension ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
and Management ... Differential Diagnosis ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... #diagnosis #Management
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
pathology: • Blood ... pneumothorax, COPD ... atelectasis • Lung ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Diarrhea Workup and Management Algorithm in Transplant Patients
First Tier Microbiologic-Testing:
1. C. difficile PCR (Stool)
2. CMV qPCR
and Management Algorithm ... CMV qPCR (Serum/Blood ... #Management #Algorithm ... #Transplant #diagnosis ... #differential