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Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... - Physiologic: ARDS ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Hypoxemia ... #hypoxia #Differential
Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary Causes of ARDS #Diagnosis #EM #PCC #ARDS #Differential #Algorithm #Pulmonary #NonPulmonary #Causes #Ddxof
Pulmonary and Non-Pulmonary ... Causes of ARDS ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... PCC #ARDS #Differential ... NonPulmonary #Causes #Ddxof
ARDS/VALI progression over the course of 1 week 
 (a) Day 1 - No pathological findings.
ARDS/VALI progression ... consolidations in lower lobes ... diagnosis of pulmonary ... Radiology #CXR #ChestXRay ... #ARDS #Progression
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
: Atelectasis, ARDS ... Edema, Atelectasis ... #Hypoxia #hypoxemia ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome – ARDS ... congestion with hypoxemia ... sepsis-associated ARDS ... days after dx of ARDS ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome #ARDS
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Distress Syndrome (ARDS ... edema must be present ... severity of the hypoxemia ... severity of the ARDS ... >= 5cm H2O #ARDS
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Differential Diagnosis ... the right middle lobe ... respiratory failure or ARDS ... dyspnea, tachypnea, hypoxemia ... #differential #diagnosis
TRALI Diagnostic Criteria
TRALI type 1 - Patients who have no risk factors for ARDS and meet
risk factors for ARDS ... Acute onset, Hypoxemia ... edema on imaging ... contributor to the hypoxemia ... with ARDS) or who
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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Infection in HIV / AIDS ... - Differential ... Inferomedial temporal lobes ... + mass effect/Edema ... #diagnosis #AIDS
Type L:
 - Low elastance. The nearly normal compliance indicates that the amount of gas in
nearly normal, hypoxemia ... this stage, the pulmonary ... magnitude of severe ARDS ... , as in severe ARDS ... Phenotypes #Variations #Diagnosis