Dr. Gerald Diaz @GeraldMD
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Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Differentials? ... D-lactate (short bowel syndrome ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... Diagnosis #Summary #Nephrology
Cystic Lung Disease
Upper Lobe Predominant: 
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, Pneumocystis Jiroveci, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, Neurofibromatosis Type 1, Paracoccidioidomycosis,
Cystic Lung Disease ... Ehlers-danlos Syndrome ... Birt-Hogg-DubΓ© Syndrome ... nickmmark #Cystic #Lung ... #Disease #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
Pulmonary Renal ... Syndrome Definition ... symptomatology Differential ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... (HPS) HPS-differential ... Pulmonary vasculature ... Diseases of the lung ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 β€’ Bronchitis
 β€’ Bronchiectasis
 β€’ Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Hemoptysis - Differential ... westermani, PNA, Lung ... , Idiopathic pulmonary ... Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... ) Cardiogenic Pulmonary ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... sliding Pulmonary ... #differential #
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 β€’ Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
β€’ Idiopathic pulmonary ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Acute, Chronic β€’ Pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 β€’ Dysrhythmia
 β€’ Ischemia
 β€’ Cardiomyopathy
 β€’ Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... Pneumonia β€’ Pulmonary ... β€’ Interstitial lung ... 2LmUODZ #Dyspnea #Differential
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 β€’ Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... Acute Infections: Lung ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 β€’ Congestive heart failure
 β€’ Constrictive
Pleural Effusion - Differential ... Pneumonectomy β€’ Trapped lung ... β€’ Nephrotic syndrome ... Malignancy β€’ Pulmonary ... Pleural #Effusion #Pulmonary