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Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
AVMs • Focal ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... pHTN, Shock • Airway ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... #Diagnosis #causes
Vocal Cord Granuloma on Bronchoscopy

Young Male 30s non-smoker, chronic unexplained cough x 2 years. Failure to
Vocal Cord Granuloma ... cord. ... Final Diagnosis ... ( rare case ): Vocal ... #clinical #video
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
against narrowed airway ... cord motion, Vocal ... cord edema or paralysis ... bronchi: - Asthma/COPD ... #pulmonary #wheeze
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Causes of Chronic ... Disease (FEV1/FVC ... • Asthma • COPD ... Psychogenic Cough • Vocal ... Cord Dysfunction
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Epiglottitis • Vocal ... cord dysfunction ... pneumothorax, COPD ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... : Anaphylaxis, Vocal ... cord pathology, ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #pulmonary
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cord Dysfunction ... Cord Dysfunction ... Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
the left false vocal ... cord that was partially ... obstructing the airway ... A diagnosis of laryngocele ... cords...
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... cord paralysis ... cord paralysis ... #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway