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Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... disease Caused ... defect (Type 1) ... anatomic shunt (Type
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may different #types ... define a definite cause ... like #muscular #dystrophy ... , #cerebral #palsy ... #back #pain and
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June is recognized as International #Scoliosis Awareness month with the goal of public
may different #types ... define a definite cause ... like #muscular #dystrophy ... , #cerebral #palsy ... #back #pain and
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... pleuritic chest pain ... both sides of the cerebral ... hyperventilation syndrome—a ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... - Compartment syndrome ... #causes #typea
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
Syndrome caused ... globules in the lung ... • Diagnosis: ... - Intense pain ... days, the local pain
Hypertrophic Pachymeningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Pachymeningitis is a rare condition that causes areas of a layer
- Differential Diagnosis ... condition that causes ... spinal cord and brain ... sagging syndrome ... sleeve leaks • Cerebral
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
Emergent Causes ... febrile illness—any type ... of congenital brain ... vasoconstriction syndrome ... differential #emergency #diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood cells in the lung ... severe with any type ... • Traumatic brain ... injury, cerebral ... crackles, chest pain
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... exudative pleural effusions ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Pleuritic chest pain ... Exclude other causes