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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Causes of Dyspnea ... : • Airways: ... Chest Wall: - ... - Obesity - Flail ... chest • Neuromuscular
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... The video shows ... a flail chest, initially ... contusion Dr. ... #trauma #pulmonary
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
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• Myocardial Contusion ... Fractures • Flail ... Injury Lung: • Pulmonary ... Contusion • Pneumothorax ... #Causes
Flail Chest Breathing on Physical Exam
74 year-old male, fallen over in the garden. Four rib fractures.
Flail Chest Breathing ... The video shows ... a flail chest, initially ... contusion Dr. ... #trauma #pulmonary
Pertinent Chest x-ray Findings in the Trauma Patient and Implications
Respiratory distress without x-ray findings - Central
contusion Fracture ... more places - Flail ... chest, pulmonary ... contusion Scapular ... contusion, brachial
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Acidosis #Chronic #Dyspnea
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
His dyspnea continued ... monitored for airway ... Pulmonary Contusion ... Most commonly caused ... #Contusion