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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Asthma • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... Hypertension Pulmonary
Antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis
Fluconazole
 - Benefits: Low cost/tolerable
Antifungal agents ... effects in the treatment ... , hypokalemia, hypertension ... fever, chills, dyspnea ... #Antifungal #agents
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
of antifungal agents ... effects in the treatment ... hallucinations, rashes/long-term ... , hypokalemia, hypertension ... fever, chills, dyspnea
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
patients with chronic lung ... as Asthma and COPD ... decompensated CHF ... patients with severe hypotension ... Medications #management #treatment
Severe Heart Failure & Cardiogenic Shock - Management Checklist 
Evaluation 
 - EKG & echocardiography
1 — Treat the lungs ... hypertension Rx ... weak inotropic agent ... Revascularization, treatment ... #Checklist #CHF
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... obstruction • COPD ... in the adjacent lung ... hypertension • ... mycobacteria Treatment
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Itraconazole is the agent ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... change in the lungs ... a yeast cell Coccidioidomycosis ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
replacement Cord ... Facial swelling, dyspnea ... rash, hypoxia, hypotension ... renal failure, pulmonary ... differentiating agent