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Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... hypertension. ... hypertension; CXR ... disease; LFT, liver ... Workup #Algorithm
Treatment Algorithm for Pulmonary Hypertension

#Pulmonary #Hypertension #PAH #Treatment #Management #Algorithm #Medications
Treatment Algorithm ... for Pulmonary Hypertension ... #Pulmonary # ... Hypertension #PAH ... #Treatment #Management
Prostanoid prescribing and management in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH)
Oral Prostanoids:
 - Selexipag
 - Treprostinil
Inhaled Prostanoids
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management in Pulmonary ... Arterial Hypertension ... - Treprostinil IV ... PAH #Management #Algorithm ... #treatment #pharmacology
Lung Abscess
Microbiology:
 • Polymicrobial 
 • Anaerobes (most common) 
Clinical: 
 • Indolent symptoms that evolve
to rnonths • Fever ... , hemoptysis Treatment ... Abscess #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Clinical #CXR
Systolic Murmurs - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Benign / Flow / Hyperdynamic:
 • Pregnancy
 • Fever
 • Anemia
Supravalvular
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Heart Disease Pulmonary ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... Hypertension Tricuspid ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
and hypotension ... : 33% • Treatment ... fluid balance, and CXR ... with pulmonary ... and hypotension?
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... CBC, vitamin D level ... ventilated • CXR ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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pits <100k), ↑ liver ... insufficiency (Cr ... or doubling of Cr ... ), pulmonary edema ... hemolysis, elevated liver
Management of interstitial lung disease (ILD)-associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc)

Therapeutic indication: absolute decline in FVC >10%
absolute decline in FVC ... Symptomatic treatment ... optimization of GERD treatment ... systemicsclerosis #SSc #pulmonary ... #algorithm
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
Management Summary • Hypotension ... veins, dilated IVC ... Tamponade - Pulmonary ... Flat, collapsible IVC ... #criticalcare #treatment