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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Hypertension Pulmonary
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... • Interstitial lung ... hypertension ... #Causes
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Chronic ... • Diffuse Lung ... Disease • Acute ... Lung Infection ... Arterial Hypertension
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... slowly progressive dyspnea ... , Beomycin • Acute ... or Chronic Radiation
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - Summary ... • Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... hypertension
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and Management Summary ... granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Compensation, Acute ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... or restrictive lung ... Interpretation #Diagnosis #Summary
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
Chicago disease - Summary ... - Sporadic cases ... inoculation • Clinical ... presentation - Acute ... presentation of TB, lung
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management Summary ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Toxicity Summary ... pneumonia, ARDS, DAH ... • Chronic toxicity ... (e.g., chronic ... Dyspnea 3.