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Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Arterial Hypertension ... Defect ** • Atrial ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
Thrombosis vs Arterial ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... • Cardiac: - Atrial ... thrombus - atrial ... septic emboli) - Myxoma
Causes of Palpitations
 • ARRHYTHMiA 
 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 
 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 
 • ATRIAL
ARRYTHMIA • ATRIAL ... FIBRILLATION • ATRIAL ... PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME ... TACHYCARDIA • ATRIAL ... DISEASE • HYPOXIA
Causes of Ischemic Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Important to determine and treat the etiology behind because
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Structural: myxoma ... , thrombus, recent ... Non-atherosclerotic: Arterial ... Antiphospholipid syndrome
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Gradient #alveolar #arterial ... #pulmonary #Hypoxia ... #diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Summary A defect in arterial ... upright position • Hypoxemia ... cycles after right atrial ... passage • Arterial
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
- Differential Diagnosis ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... hepatopulmonary syndrome ... shunting (eg, atrial ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Complications Following Stem Cell Transplant

For patients in the pre- engraftment period (day 0-30):
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Pulmonary
- Engraftment syndrome ... CMV, adenovirus, bacterial ... mycobacteria, and fungal- PCP ... cytolytic thrombi ... tissue disorders #Diagnosis
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... consistent with pulmonary ... by the ratio of arterial ... severity of the hypoxemia ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic cough • Hypoxia ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... CT) • Broncho-arterial ... #differential #diagnosis