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Posterior Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
 • Neurofibroma
 • Neurosarcoma
 • Neuroblastoma
 • Ganglioneuroma
 • Meningocele
Posterior Mediastinal Mass ... - Differential ... • Paraspinal abscess ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
CAVITY – a useful mnemonic for the causes of a cavitating lung mass.

C = cancer
cavitating lung mass ... vascular - pulmonary ... abscess (TB, fungal ... Cavitary #Lesions #Differential ... #Lung #Pulmonary
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Retropharyngeal abscess ... Hemangioma • Tracheal mass ... stenosis #Stridor #differential ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management
Definition: 150-600 mL over 24 hours
Differential Diagnosis:
 • Tracheobronchial:
Massive Hemoptysis - Differential ... over 24 hours Differential ... Parenchymal: PNA, Abscess ... Primary Vascular: Pulmonary ... #pulmonary #criticalcare
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Retropharyngeal abscess ... Malignancy, Mediastinal mass ... Peribronchial pulmonary ... Parasite • Focal: Mass ... Noisy #Breathing #differential
Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies - 
Dermatomyositis (DM), Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy (IMNM), Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS), Inclusion Body Myositis
Antisynthetase Syndrome (ASS ... Idiopathic #Myopathy #Comparison ... #Managment #algorithm ... #Rheumatology #Differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Management: • ... Differential Diagnosis ... #pulmonary #differential
Oxygen Delivery Systems
Nasal Cannula:
 • Flow: 1 - 6 L/min
 • FiO2: 25 - 40% (-4%/L
of flow) Face Mask ... ~40% Venturi Mask ... support #devices #management ... #pulmonary #comparison
Difficult Airway Algorithm

1. Assess the likelihood and clinical impact of basic management problems: 
 • Difficulty
Assess the likelihood ... and clinical impact ... of basic management ... • Difficult mask ... surgical airway access
Pleural effusion + lung mass + abscess on POCUS

Image from Dr Oscar Diaz.

- Dr. Marco Umaña
effusion + lung mass ... + abscess on POCUS ... effusion #lung #mass ... #abscess #POCUS ... #Pulmonary #Clinical