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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Myocarditis Pulmonary ... • Pleural Effusion ... • Muscular Injury ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... Other tests: • CT chest ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... typically seen on chest ... #differential #diagnosis
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
) indicates an injury ... either a large injury ... drainage of an effusion ... ChestTube #Drains #Diagnosis ... #Assessment #Pulmonary
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
of the lung to injury ... cryptogenic, we should ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... What we should be ... liver or renal injury ... output - Acute pulmonary ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Increased Airway Pressure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia

Using these steps from start to end should
from start to end should ... airway device should ... rate, rhythm, perfusion ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
cytotoxic lung injury ... exudative pleural effusions ... Pleuritic chest ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
disease, pleuritic chest ... , and stop for short ... frequent sighs should ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
Diagnosis and Management ... alveoli, due to injury ... hemoptysis, anemia • Chest ... infiltrates, no pleural effusion ... #Management #Pulmonary
Intraoperative Hypoxia / Desaturation / Cyanosis - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Using these steps from start
from start to end should ... airway device should ... rate, rhythm, perfusion ... o Aspiration, pulmonary ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis