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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Workup and Management ... Embolism, Pneumothorax ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... #Hypoxia #Workup ... #treatment #criticalcare
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Embolism, Pneumothorax ... Embolism, Emphysema ... Pressure Vent, pHTN, Shock ... #Diagnosis #causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
- Bibasilar Lung ... Sounds • Pulmonary ... Embolism ... • Tension Pneumothorax ... #Algorithm #causes
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... life-threatening causes ... dissection • Pneumothorax ... • Pulmonary embolism ... ultrasound • CXR
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings Pneumothorax ... point (hard to ... pleura in severe cases ... Embolism (PE): ... #differential #diagnosis
Orthopedic Emergencies
Compartment Syndrome
 • An increase in compartment pressure to the point where tissue perfusion is
pressure to the point ... compartment Fat Embolism ... • Diagnosis: ... #Emergencies #diagnosis ... #management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... mycobacteria Treatment
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... other processes Workup ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #ILD #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
cancer • Septic emboli ... : Hemoptysis, pneumothorax ... Tuberculosis Diagnosis ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
intubation/foreign body/pneumothorax ... o Circulatory embolism ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Management