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Light's Criteria for Pleural Effusions

#Diagnosis #Pulmonary #Lights #Criteria #Pleural #Effusion #Differential

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Light's Criteria ... for Pleural Effusions ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Lights #Criteria ... #Differential
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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- Differential ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... Light's Criteria ... #Differential # ... #Lights #Criteria
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria ... Nugget on Light's Criteria ... LightsCriteria #MedNugget #differential ... #ddxof #pulmonary ... im #radiology #clinical
Gestational Hypertension & Preeclampsia

Gestational Hypertension (gHTN) 
• BP > 140/90 
• Onset > 20 wks gestation
mg/dL or 2x • Thrombocytopenia ... Elevated AST/ALT • Pulmonary ... Seizure HELLP Syndrome ... • Thrombocytopenia ... Classification #Diagnosis #Criteria
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
of Hypoxemia- Differential ... lung disease • Pulmonary ... Septal Defect Pulmonary ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Pericardial • Effusion ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Abnormalities • Pleural Effusions ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural Effusion ... - Differential ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... 2LmUODZ #Pleural #Effusion ... #Pulmonary #Diagnosis
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Respiratory Failure - Differential ... obesity-hypoventilation syndrome ... lung diseases, pulmonary ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... Failure #hypoxia #Differential
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... #dyspnea #sob #differential
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... Pneumonia • Pulmonary ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion ... 2LmUODZ #Dyspnea #Differential