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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... Hypertension Pulmonary ... #SOB #Differential
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
 •
Hypotension / Shock ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiogenic: • Cardiomyopathy ... valvulopathy • Pulmonary ... #shock #causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Warm Extremities
 - Distributive Shock - Low JVP
- Bibasilar Lung ... Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy ... Sounds • Pulmonary ... #Hypotension #Differential ... #causes
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... • Ischemia • Cardiomyopathy ... • Interstitial lung ... hypertension ... #Causes
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
manifestations of COVID ... -19 • Neurologic ... vein thrombosis, Pulmonary ... Cardiac: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ... arrhythmias, Cardiogenic shock
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Restrictive Cardiomyopathy ... • Diffuse Lung ... • Chronic Lung ... Arterial Hypertension
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
exclude other causes ... heart disease • Hypertensive ... • Pulmonary embolus ... typical HF sx: dyspnea ... Pts: cardiogenic shock
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Risk Factors: • Hypertensive ... diagnosis: - Dyspnea ... ⚠️ Cardiogenic shock ... (PPCM) is caused ... • Pulmonary edema