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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis and Presentation

#Diagnosis #Differential #Table #Dyspnea #SOB #Causes
Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis and Presentation ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... Table #Dyspnea #SOB
The Dyspnea Pyramid - Differential Diagnosis for Shortness of Breath

Original Source (Jeff Wiese MD): https://www.acponline.org/system/files/documents/clinical_information/journals_publications/books/clinical-teaching-scripts-for-inpatient-medicine.pdf

#Diagnosis #Dyspnea
Dyspnea Pyramid - Differential ... Diagnosis for Shortness ... journals_publications/books/clinical-teaching-scripts-for-inpatient-medicine.pdf ... #Diagnosis # ... ShortnessOfBreath #SOB
The Dyspnea Pyramid - Differential Diagnosis for Shortness of Breath

by Hannah R Abrams, (Adapted from Jeff
Dyspnea Pyramid - Differential ... Diagnosis for Shortness ... Dyspnea #Pyramid #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... ShortnessOfBreath #SOB
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Symptoms are non-specific:
 - Headache 90%
 - Nausea/vomiting 50%
 - Vertigo 50%
 - Altered
Subjective weakness 20% Diagnosis ... questions: - Co-ocupants ... - Alarm (for CO ... the half-life of COHb ... Poisoning #Toxicology #diagnosis
Cor triatriatum
 • Epidemiology
 • Etiology
 • Associated Lesions
 • Differentials Diagnosis
 • Anatomy - Sinister,
Cor triatriatum ... Associated Lesions • Differentials ... Diagnosis • Anatomy ... Physiology • Clinical ... GinaMPatel #Cor
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acidemia (pH < 7.35)
 • Metabolic Acidosis (HCO3 < 24mmol/L) CO2
Acid-Base Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... HCO3 < 24mmol/L) CO2 ... AcidBase #Disorders #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Phenotypes
Pink Puffers (robust vent drive) ↑ their WOB when pulmonary mechanics gradually
drive) ↑ their WOB ... maintain the same WOB ... worsen (despite the CO2 ... Phenotypes #COPD #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Microbiology
 • Typicals: Strep pneumoniae, H influenzae, Moraxella catarrhalis, Staph aureus,
Influenza A/B, SARS-CoV ... -2, MERS-COV, SARS-COV ... #Microbiology #differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Acute Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute #Dyspnea #SOB ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
 •
Classification and Differential ... Diagnosis SHOCK ... Cardiogenic: • Low CO ... Classification #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Types