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Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis
Anterior Mediastinal Mass:
 • Thymus (Thymoma, carcinoma, hyperplasia, cyst)
 • Lymphoma
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Mediastinal Mass ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Mediastinal Mass ... Tumors • Vascular Mases ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Mediastinal Widening - Differential Diagnosis

 • Vascular: Aortic dissection, Aortic anourysm, Enlarged pulmonary arteries, Venous or
- Differential Diagnosis ... : Upper or middle ... Atelectasis, Nodule / mass ... • Masses: Anterior ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... , Mucus plugs, Mediastinal ... mass • Intrathoracic ... , lower airway: ... #Causes #pulmonary
Mediastinal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Anterior Mediastinal Mass - 5T’s
 • Thymic neoplasm
 • Teratoma (or
Mediastinal Mass ... • Middle Mediastinum ... benign growth with respiratory ... Mediastinal Mass ... #Diagnosis #causes
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... sound over central airways ... Compression: Malignancy, Mediastinal ... mass, Vascular ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... High-pitched, variable respiratory ... Hemangioma • Tracheal mass ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation
Indications: 
 • COPD exacerbation (↓ intubation, ↓ mortality), Cardiogenic pulmonary edema (↓
), Cardiogenic pulmonary ... mortality), Other causes ... of respiratory ... / remove mask, ... #Ventilation #diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... crackles in the right middle ... radiography, pink frothy airway ... pressure due to airway ... #differential #diagnosis
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
- Differential Diagnosis ... against narrowed airway ... Extrinsic Compression: Mediastinal ... mass or LAD, Vascular ... #Framework #pulmonary
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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adjacent calcified mediastinal ... Calcification of mediastinal ... Bronchoscopy can miss ... inflamed and narrowed airways ... Noninfectious Causes