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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Pneumonia • ARDS
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
 •
Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Arrhythmia • Neurologic ... Anomaly • Pulmonary ... - Sharing a
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
A way to think of ... - Lobar or focal ... For instance a lobar ... respond to the treatment ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... high-resolution chest ... Immunoglobulins (Ig M, A, ... mycobacteria Treatment ... #differential #
Pulmonary Nodule
Evaluation is guided by nodule size & assessment of probability of malignancy. In addition is
Focal pulmonary ... repeat chest CT ... The treatment of ... comorbidities, such as chronic ... nodule growth with chest
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
 •
Infection in HIV / AIDS ... - Differential ... Antimicrobial treatment ... of 80–90%, and a ... #diagnosis #AIDS
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
parenchyma by a ... pneumonia • Chronic ... radiograph shows a ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Rapid onset of a ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
inflamed response to local ... skin injury) • Neurologic ... Behcet disease) Differential ... Arthritis, AS Treatment ... Recurrent and chronic
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... gordonae - 99.9% a ... disease through local ... NTM #Infections #differential