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Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... Light's Criteria ... #Lights #Criteria
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... • Shunt Airway ... malformation Pleura
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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of Hypoxemia- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... perfusion Mismatch • Airway ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... of Dyspnea: • Airways ... - Blood • Pleura ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Diagnosis Framework ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Chest Wall/Airways ... Costochondritis - Tietze syndrome ... Pneumonia • Pleura
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Stridor - Upper airway ... COPD/asthma • Pleural ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... Therapeutics: Airway ... #Management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... #management