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Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Airway (Wheeze) • Asthma ... Acute #Dyspnea #SOB ... #Differential #
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Obstruction • Asthma ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB ... #Differential #
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... Cardiovascular Causes ... • Airways: - Asthma ... Pain #dyspnea #sob ... #differential #
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential ... Laryngospasm Wheeze: • Asthma ... Pneumonia • Asthma ... Embolism #Dyspnea #SOB ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear and Cytoplasmic Patterns
Nuclear Patterns:
 • Homogeneous pattern: 
   -
Nuclear Patterns ... Scl70 (in some cases ... SSA-60 (Ro60), SSB ... Scl-70 (in some cases ... #differential #
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Fever, cough, SOB ... 45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... Weeks) - Hx of asthma ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison
Radiographic patterns of pneumonia and pathogens to consider.

Cannot be entirely relied upon.  However, they can
Radiographic patterns ... provide useful clues ... , so they shouldn't ... to broaden the differential ... Radiographic #ChestXRay #Differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
hemorrhage (DAH), asthma ... pulmonary nodules, asthma ... Goodpasture's cause ... • IF staining patterns ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Fever Patterns - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Non-Infectious Causes ... lung abscess • Sub-acute ... #Differential #
Antinuclear Antibody Testing - Nuclear Patterns
Homogeneous pattern: 
 • SLE, SSc, AIH, JIA
 • dsDNA, chromatin,
Homogeneous pattern ... Scl70 (in some cases ... SSA-60 (Ro60), SSB ... Scl-70 (in some cases ... #differential #