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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Respiratory Failure - Differential ... part of alveolar gas ... part of alveolar gas ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... Failure #hypoxia #Differential
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Differentials? ... - Rapid saline infusion ... or restrictive lung ... ABG #bloodgas #Acid
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura in severe cases ... bronchograms (atelectasis has ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #pulmonary #differential ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
, Pyroglutamic acid ... Proximal RTA (type ... Acid loads (ammonium ... Metabolic #Acidosis #differential ... #nephrology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... are listed as Type ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... on improving perfusion ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Algorithm - Approach to the differential diagnosis of the patient presenting with overt glomerular proteinuria. CMV
Approach to the differential ... arbitrarily defined as ... plexus, or sclera), lungs ... pain, pleural effusion ... Nephrocalcinosis causes
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
(EN) on Chest POCUS ... Pulmonary teaching case ... removed chest drain ... infected pleural effusion ... respiratory #Chest #Lung
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
Pachymeningitis - Differential ... condition that causes ... spinal cord and brain ... thickening can cause ... Pachymeningitis #HP #Neurology
Rhombencephalitis
BACTERIAL
- Listeria (biphasic illness with bulbar dysfunction occurring later)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Pneumococcus
- Brucella
- Borrelia (Lyme Disease)
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opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome - brain ... - small cell lung ... Rhombencephalitis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Neurology
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... blood cells in the lung ... pulmonary blood-gas ... severe with any type ... • Traumatic brain