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Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... e.g., hematoma, tumor ... COPD/asthma • Pleural ... atelectasis • Lung ... MG, ALS) • ↓ chest
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Immunosuppression • Tumor ... organ system: • Pleura ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
blood cells in the lung ... hemorrhage, and seizure activity ... infiltrates on chest ... scattered crackles, chest ... and adjacent pleural
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Immunosuppression • Tumor ... organ system: • Pleura ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
Oleothorax - A chest ... her history of treatment ... for pulmonary tuberculosis ... of oil into the pleural ... Clinical #PCC #Radiology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... and exudative pleural ... toxicity (e.g., acute respiratory ... Pleuritic chest ... #diagnosis #management
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute respiratory ... aches, joint pain, chest ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
Cardiogenic Shock - Management ... 1 — Treat the lungs ... (no B-lines on ultrasound ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Management
Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance Testing - OnePager Summary
Fluid resuscitation can be beneficial when required or
Pulmonary Artery ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... blood flow in the chest ... • PULMONARY A ... comparison #challenges #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Xerotrachea • NSIP: Pleural ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... muscarinic agonists • Active ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management