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Case #4 -
A 28 year old with severe trauma

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS:
2.) If the next morning he is requiring increased FIO2 and is hypoxemic, what is the differential diagnosis?

Differential diagnosis of hypoxemia on the next morning:


  • Adult respiratory distress syndrome

  • Recurrent hemopneumothorax if thoracostomy tube not functioning well

  • Pulmonary contusion

  • Cardiac failure
 
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