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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia ... Flash Pulmonary Edema ... ), Lung Exam, POCUS ... (B-lines, lung ... CXR, CTA Chest, Echocardiogram
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... respiratory drive due to neurologic ... diseases, pulmonary edema ... #hypoxia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Causes of Seizures ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hypocalcemia, Cerebral Hypoxia ... Uremia, Liver failure ... #neurology
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... congestion with hypoxemia ... with pulmonary edema ... overload with heart failure ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... -> focus on improving ... laboratory or diagnostic ... Acute pulmonary edema ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... consider infarction, hypoxia ... heart failure, ... Breathing In lung ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... • Traumatic brain ... acute respiratory failure ... dyspnea, tachypnea, hypoxemia
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
parietal lobes of the brain ... may precede the neurologic ... agents, Renal failure ... the underlying cause ... with AEDs until cause
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
- Differential Diagnosis ... /Chronic renal failure ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... with associated hypoxia ... or restrictive lung
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
, marked pedal edema ... , and clear lungs ... workup right-heart failure ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... #a4c #pocus #clinical