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Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
adding ~0.05 to pH ... the chronicity (acute ... , chronic, or acute ... depression, Obstructive Lung ... Disease, Neuromuscular
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Interstitium • ILD
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Malignancy: Lung ... Dz, Malignant effusion ... #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Acute or chronic ... ABG And BMP Normal ... or restrictive lung ... disease (COPD,
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... , Beomycin • Acute ... #Diseases #ILD
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Echocardiography, Cardiac ... Sarcomeric Protein Disorders ... Karan Desai MD, MPH ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
ventilation to perfusion ... granulomatous disorders ... elimination of CO2 & pH ... pulmonary edema in acute ... #diseases #differential
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
Classification: • Acute ... permanent alopecia Differential ... : • Pleural effusions ... • Acute lupus ... Cytopenias • Cardiac
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Mechanical/degenerative disorders ... Ankylosing Spondylitis, IBD ... #Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... presentations and disease ... the critically ill ... - Cardiac arrest ... output - Acute