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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... • Asthma • COPD ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Pediatric Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Present Since Infancy with No Respiratory Distress:
 • Laryngomalacia
Present
Causes of Pediatric ... Stridor - Differential ... Hemangioma • Vocal Cord ... Hemangioma • Vocal Cord ... Peds #Pediatrics #Pulmonary
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Causes of Orthopnea ... - Differential ... • Ascites • COPD ... #Orthopnea #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Hypoxemia #hypoxia #Differential ... #Diagnosis #causes
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... - Asthma - COPD ... #dyspnea #sob #differential ... #pulmonary
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Critical and Emergent Causes of Neuromuscular Weakness
CRITICAL DIAGNOSES 
 - Cerebral cortex or subcortical 
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Critical and Emergent Causes ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... Brainstem - Spinal cord ... Neuromuscular #Weakness #Differential ... #Neurology #Causes
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... : Tumor, Vocal cord ... #Differential #
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... deep breathing Pulmonary ... • Asthma • COPD ... Tachypnea: • Pulmonary ... Tachypnea #Hyperpnea #Differential
Stridor - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
High-pitched, variable respiratory sound

ETIOLOGIES:
Infectious:
 • Retropharyngeal abscess
 • Acute epiglottitis
 • Peritonsillar
Stridor - Differential ... Hemangiomas • Vocal cord ... #diagnosis #causes ... #pulmonary #airway ... #physicalexam