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Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... pneumothorax, COPD ... 12 / shallow breathing ... MG, ALS) • ↓ chest ... #Diagnosis #Management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... : Clinical Cheat ... congestion with hypoxemia ... detected on CT or CXR ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Asthma vs COPD Presentation and Diagnosis
Asthma:
 • Epidemiology: Age usually < 45, History (personal or family)
and Diagnosis Asthma ... Dyspnea, Wheeze, Chest ... Hyperresonance, Hypoxemia ... , Pursed lip breathing ... #pulmonary
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
disease, pleuritic chest ... consider infarction, hypoxia ... bronchitis, and COPD ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... consistent with pulmonary ... be present on a chest ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... ventilated • CXR ... 2 (or complete respiratory ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
in HIV-AIDS Bacterial ... heart failure, COPD ... /- High res CT chest ... Urine Histo Ag, Respiratory ... HIVAIDS #workup #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... Loss of weight • Chest ... obstruction • COPD ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... high-resolution chest
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... • Pleuritic chest ... (LR + 2.7) • Hypoxia ... #Pulmonary #Community
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... fungal stain of clinical ... yeast • At risk: AIDS ... #Management #Infections