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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Hyperacute Hypoxemia ... and Management Differential ... #Hyperacute #Hypoxemia ... #Hypoxia #Workup ... #treatment #criticalcare
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
– ARDS: Clinical ... Cheat Sheet ... congestion with hypoxemia ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... polycythemia from chronic hypoxia ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Diagnosis: Causes ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... , pain, fever, hypoxia ... with associated hypoxia ... or restrictive lung
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... be present on a chest ... lobar collapse, lung ... severity of the hypoxemia ... #CriticalCare
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
usually: - hypoxemia ... patient with shock/hypoxemia ... hypoperfusion/ hypoxemia ... Oxygen Content: - Hypoxemia ... #Diagnosis #causes
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
life-threatening Differential ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... Imaging - CT Chest ... aspiration and acute ... #management #neurology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
be determined based ... with presence of pulmonary ... coronary syndrome ... the determined cause ... #diagnosis #differential