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Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... • Interstitial lung ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Workup and Management ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... #Hypoxia #Workup
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Response Management Algorithm ... COPD/asthma • Pleural ... atelectasis • Lung ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #pulmonary
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... ; CLD, chronic lung ... liver function test ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #Algorithm
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... #ILD #diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... blood cells in the lung ... - Dyspnea at rest ... and adjacent pleural ... #differential #diagnosis
A possible diagnostic algorithm for pulmonary embolism in pregnancy (equipose)

Given the variability in guidelines and equipoise
A possible diagnostic ... algorithm for pulmonary ... preferred front-line ... VTE #Pregnancy #Workup ... #Imaging #Algorithm
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... , this list is long ... high - Chronic hypoxia ... Best to have an ... #Algorithm #workup
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
• The fungus lives ... Farmer and forestry work ... The Disease: • Pulmonary ... preparations of sputum, pleural ... management #treatment #infectiousdiseases