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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... sweats, chills (infection ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... History of cancer, lung ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Schema Infectious ... Allergic, Post-infectious ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... #Differential #Algorithm
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
goals of assessing lung ... should be used as a rough ... (IPC)–related infection ... symptoms of worsening infection ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
admitted to the ICU ... with lung-rockets ... thickened, irregular pleural ... A-profile at one lung ... BLUE #protocol #Algorithm
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
admitted to the ICU ... with lung-rockets ... thickened, irregular pleural ... A-profile at one lung ... dyspnea-criticalcare-pulmonary-algorithm-pocus
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Focal pneumonia, pleural ... , myalgia • Lung ... Microsporidium #Lung ... #Infections #HIV
The BLUE-protocol decision tree - performed on dyspneic patients who will be admitted to the ICU

The
admitted to the ICU ... with lung-rockets ... thickened, irregular pleural ... A-profile at one lung ... BLUE #protocol #Algorithm
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Pleural
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
of Interstitial Lung ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... intersitial space Infection ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Lymphoma • Lung ... • Progressive lung ... • Productive cough ... organ system: • Pleura