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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory ... - Differential Diagnosis ... drive due to neurologic ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
Light's Criteria for diagnosis ... Exudative Pleural Effusion ... Internal Medicine #Respiratory ... differential #ddxof #pulmonary ... im #radiology #clinical
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hemangiomas • Vocal cord ... Anaphylaxis • Vocal cord ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #pulmonary
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
- Differential Diagnosis ... Infancy with No Respiratory ... Hemangioma • Vocal Cord ... Hemangioma • Vocal Cord ... Peds #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... Possible bilateral effusion ... severity Acute Respiratory ... #differential #diagnosis ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound
Clinical Examination of the Respiratory System

#Respiratory #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Signs #Assessment #Examination
Clinical Examination ... of the Respiratory ... System #Respiratory ... #PhysicalExam #Pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Main Lung Ultrasound differences between COVID-19 involvement and other conditions that may yield respiratory symptoms
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Main Lung Ultrasound ... that may yield respiratory ... Large pleural effusion ... #POCUS #Lung #Ultrasound ... Comparison #Table #Diagnosis
Right pleural effusion with "spine sign" seen beautifully by using large footprint curvilinear transducer on lung
Right pleural effusion ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... #Spine #Sign #Clinical ... Lung #Pleural #Effusion ... #ultrasound #pulmonary
Spine sign: visualization of the vertebral bodies in the thoracic cavity above the diaphragm indicative of
absence of pleural effusion ... SpineSign #POCUS #Clinical ... #Pleural #Effusion ... #Pulmonary #Lung ... #Ultrasound
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent ... DIAGNOSES - ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... #Differential #Neurology