Diagnosaurus
Hypoxia and normal chest x-ray (CXR)
DDx
- Asthma
- Pulmonary embolism
- Early pneumonia
- Early interstitial lung disease
- Early pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
- Shunt, eg, atrial or ventricular septal defect, arteriovenous malformation, atelectasis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Chronic alveolar hypoventilation
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Hypoxia and Normal Chest X-ray (CXR)." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114778/all/Hypoxia_and_normal_chest_x_ray__CXR_.
Zeiger RFR. Hypoxia and normal chest x-ray (CXR). Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114778/all/Hypoxia_and_normal_chest_x_ray__CXR_. Accessed May 19, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Hypoxia and normal chest x-ray (CXR). In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114778/all/Hypoxia_and_normal_chest_x_ray__CXR_
Zeiger RFR. Hypoxia and Normal Chest X-ray (CXR) [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 19]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114778/all/Hypoxia_and_normal_chest_x_ray__CXR_.
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