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Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory ... DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN ... : Decreased respiratory ... direction leads to hypoxemia ... #Failure #hypoxia
Hypophosphatemia and Hypoxia - Pathophysiology

↓ Phosphate leads to ↓ red cell 2,3-DPG and a  reduction
Hypophosphatemia and Hypoxia ... DPG so that the oxygen ... which shifts the oxygen ... left and makes oxygen ... Phosphate is a cause
COVID-19 Hypoxia Management

Indication for endotracheal intubation?
Tolerating supplemental oxygen?
Consider HFNC
Not tolerating HFNC or HFNC is not available?
Consider
COVID-19 Hypoxia ... Tolerating supplemental oxygen ... Society of Critical ... Guidelines #respiratory ... #criticalcare #hypoxia
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Criteria for Acute Respiratory ... week of a known clinical ... of arterial oxygen ... fraction of inspired oxygen ... severity of the hypoxemia
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... the appropriate clinical ... • Increased Oxygen ... • Decreased Oxygen
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical ... following viral lower respiratory ... Cardiac failure — respiratory ... disorder - Other causes ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Nucleated red blood cells, aka normoblasts or erythroblasts, were released prematurely from the bone marrow in
newborns because of hypoxia ... fetus/newborn the causes ... of hypoxia are ... #Clinical #Path ... #Peds #BloodSmear
Paradoxical Breathing on Physical Exam

Paradoxical breathing is often a sign of breathing problems. It causes the
It causes the chest ... #PhysicalExam #respiratory ... #clinical #video ... #pulmonary #peds
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Uncommon Causes ... - Amount of oxygen ... of acute respiratory ... onset of hypoxemic respiratory ... dyspnea, tachypnea, hypoxemia
Serious Bacterial Illness (SBI):
1) UTI and pyelonephritis
Most common cause of SBI
Accounts for 3-8% of uncharacterized fevers
Female
pyelonephritis Most common cause ... if findings of respiratory ... grunting, tachypnea, hypoxemia ... seizure) #Diagnosis #Peds