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Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... BNP, Troponin), ABG
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acid Base Disorders ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... Summary #Nephrology #ABG ... #bloodgas #Acid
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... cirrhosis • Intra-pulmonary ... on radioactive lung ... or pulmonary angiography
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
nose deformity • Cardiac ... (UPC) ratio • Cardiac ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... sparing of the lung ... #diagnosis #management
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
thickening or effusion ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... phenomenon (16%) MSK ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management
CABG Graft Pseudoaneurysm

Chest pain post CABG - always worth taking a look!  Large graft pseudoaneurysm!!
Chest pain post CABG ... COPD lungs and bad ... encounter challenging cardiac ... and emphysema, ask ... Pseudoaneurysm #clinical #pocus
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... neuropathy or cardiac ... anterior/posterior MSK
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
specific questions to ask ... stairs, brisk 4 mph ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... unless prior heart/lung ... medical and surgical management