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The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

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The BLUE-protocol ... the ICU The BLUE-protocol ... #BLUE #protocol ... #Algorithm #Dyspnea ... #CriticalCare #POCUS
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... #Dyspnea #SOB # ... #Algorithm #Causes
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

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The BLUE-protocol ... to the ICU The BLUE-protocol ... thickened, irregular pleural ... #protocol #Algorithm ... #POCUS #Lung #Pulmonary
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

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The BLUE-protocol ... - performed on dyspneic ... the ICU The BLUE-protocol ... thickened, irregular pleural ... www.grepmed.com/images/11924/dyspnea-criticalcare-pulmonary-algorithm-pocus
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... • Interstitial lung ... #Algorithm #Causes
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
failure - CAD/ACS ... - Blood • Pleura ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... #sob #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
pt with fever/dyspnea ... POCUS lung exam ... PNA according to Blue ... Protocol, right ... NOT definitively diagnose
Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Eosinophilia
Primary Eosinophilia:
 • Primary hypereosinophilic syndrome
 • Eosinophilic Leukemia
 • MPN/MDS
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Idiopathic ... GI, lung, skin), ... Heme malig (AML ... insufficiency, Chronic
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia: • 3 syndromes ... of a "flu-like syndrome ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... Focal pneumonia, pleural
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
and exudative pleural ... respiratory distress syndrome ... • Chronic toxicity ... (e.g., chronic ... Dyspnea 3.