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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... - Other • Anemia
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
lung disease causing ... hemolytic anemia ... disorders, sickle cell anemia ... activity worsens dyspnea ... Classification #diagnosis
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... • Interstitial lung ... • Anxiety • Anemia
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
: Chronic lung infections ... mucogenicum • HIV ... Bone Marrow - Anemia ... Weakness, • Dyspnea ... Diagnosis Of NTM
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... 100% of cases), anemia ... #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... Infection: TB, NTM ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... , CCP, ANCA • HIV
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... malignancy, and chronic
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... • HIV: 2/3 pulmonary ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... malignancy, and chronic
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Leukocytosis, anemia ... #Abscess #pulmonary