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General overview of lung diseases. 

#diagnosis #causes #lung #disease #restrictive #obstructive #pulmonary #respiratory #pearls #ddxof
overview of lung diseases ... #diagnosis #causes ... #lung #disease ... #obstructive #pulmonary ... #respiratory #pearls
Main causes of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.

#differential #algorithm #diagnosis #causes #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal #lung #diseases #pulmonary
Main causes of diffuse ... parenchymal lung diseases ... differential #algorithm #diagnosis ... #causes #DPLD # ... #pulmonary #respiratory
Atrial Fibrillation - Diagnosis, Causes, Presentations
Causes (PIRATES):
 - Pulmonary embolism 
 - Ischemia (cardiac) 
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Fibrillation - Diagnosis ... ): - Pulmonary ... (cardiac) - Repiratory ... disease - Atrial ... myxoma - Thyroid disease
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonitis • Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
- Differential Diagnosis ... High-pitched, variable respiratory ... • Recurrent respiratory ... #causes #pulmonary ... #airway #physicalexam
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Hypoxemic Respiratory ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Interstitial lung diseases ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... pneumonia (COP), Respiratory ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac Causes ... Disease • ... • Acute Respiratory ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Graphic representation of transthoracic echocardiographic parameters in the assessment of right ventricular pressure overload. A′ = peak late
(or thrombi); RV ... with diminished inspiratory ... acceleration time of pulmonary ... RVStrain #RVOverload #PulmonaryEmbolism ... Transthoracic #Diagnosis
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis and Management

Consider if:
1) Patient is hot and altered
2) You see tachypnea with
Salicylate Toxicity - Diagnosis ... tachypnea with no respiratory ... cause 3) Labs ... , Diaphoresis, Pulmonary ... #management #Treatment