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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... dysfunction, Goiter Abdominal ... Ascites, Intra-abdominal ... Ascites, Pregnancy, Abdominal ... Acute #Chronic #Causes
Risk Factors Associated with Post-operative Pulmonary Complications 

Preoperative 
• Asthma/ COPD 
• Recent respiratory infection 
•
Preoperative • Asthma/ COPD ... • > 70 year old ... Intraoperative • Upper abdominal ... anesthesia #surgery #causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Could potentially ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... Pain #Chronic #Causes
Ectopic Pregnancy on POCUS

22 years old woman, acute right lower quadrant abdominal pain

Dr. Philippe Le Conte
Ectopic Pregnancy on POCUS ... 22 years old ... lower quadrant abdominal ... Ectopic #Pregnancy #POCUS
Causes of Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#Chronic #Abdominal #Pain #Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic ... Abdominal Pain ... Algorithm #Chronic #Abdominal
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... • Asthma • COPD ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
Cold Urticaria Prevalence ... decades of life Causes ... skin contact with cold ... fever, fatigue, Nausea ... , abdominal pain
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Causes of Urinary ... Easily reversible cause ... Precipitated by cold ... neuropathy or spinal cord ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Abdominal Pain - By Location 

#Diagnosis #Abdominal #Pain #Differential #Localization #Location #Quadrants #Ddxof
Causes of Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Abdominal
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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• Asthma • COPD ... Paradoxical vocal fold ... PVFM) Cardiac Causes ... Hematologic Causes ... acidosis of any cause