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Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Abnormalities • Chest ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
– ARDS: Clinical ... congestion with hypoxemia ... Berlin criteria ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria ... week of a known clinical ... severity of the hypoxemia ... #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Traumatic brain ... infiltrates on chest ... scattered crackles, chest ... #differential #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... Most Common Causes ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Platypnea-Orthodeoxia Syndrome on Physical Exam
The case of a patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis and platypnea-orthodeoxia
Physical Exam The case ... patient with a diagnosis ... positional dyspnea and hypoxemia ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... #respiratory #pulmonary
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential Diagnosis ... of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
disease, pleuritic chest ... consider infarction, hypoxia ... hyperventilation syndrome—a ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary ... Abnormalities #Abnormal #Diagnosis
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential Diagnosis ... Framework and Clinical ... Manifestations Causes ... HF • Moderate pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... lung disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... upright position • Hypoxemia ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome