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Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
Consensus diagnostic ... criteria for asthma-COPD ... overlap syndrome ... COPD=chronic obstructive ... OverlapSyndrome #Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... , Asthma attack, ... : Asthma, COPD, ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Obstruction • Asthma
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Airway Disease: Asthma ... , COPD, Sinusitis ... #Schema #Acute ... #Chronic #Differential
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases • Acute ... 45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... #differential #diagnosis ... #comparison #table
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
- Differential Diagnosis ... FVC < LLN): • Asthma ... • COPD Upper ... Upper Airway Cough Syndrome ... Lower Airway: • Asthma
COPD phenotypes:  Blue Bloaters vs. Pink Puffers
The two most stereotypical forms of COPD are pink
PaCO2, causing chronic ... is similar to asthma ... syndrome. ... #Diagnosis #COPD ... #BlueBloaters #Comparison
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Pulmonary Histoplasmosis Syndromes
 - Acute
 - Subacute
 - Chronic
 - Progressive Disseminated

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32000281/

#Pulmonary #Histoplasmosis #Syndromes #diagnosis #comparison
Histoplasmosis Syndromes ... - Acute - Subacute ... - Chronic - Progressive ... #diagnosis #comparison ... #table
Causes of Eosinophilia - Differential Diagnosis
Bugs:
 - Fungus (aspergillosis)
 - Viral (HIV)
 - Ectoparasites (scabies, myiasis)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Dermatitis - Asthma ... Mastocytosis - Acute ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... - Chronic Eosinophilic
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
lung such as Asthma ... and COPD Metoprolol ... exercise, after acute ... management #treatment #comparison ... #table