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Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Retropharyngeal abscess • Acute ... Ludwig's angina Trauma ... Tracheomalacia • Vascular ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... vascular permeability ... detected on CT or CXR ... cause such as trauma
Flail Chest- Check out the paradoxical chest wall movement 
Typical management: opiates for analgesia, intubation due
movement Typical management ... Breathing #Pattern #Trauma ... #Video #Clinical ... #PhysicalExam # ... Pulmonary #Respiratory
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... COPD) • Other acute ... deformity (facial trauma ... hair) • Risk Of Clinical ... #criticalcare #management
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
of Acute Exacerbation ... ventilated • CXR ... 2 (or complete respiratory ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
presents with acute ... has five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... , ocular, or disseminated ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
• A form of acute ... Key Point: High clinical ... Relaxin: reduces vascular ... congestion on a CXR ... recognition and management