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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Myocardial • Systolic ... Artery Disease • Stable ... - Other • Anemia ... • Metabolic Acidosis
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... : - Anemia • ... Additional: - Acidosis ... #dyspnea #sob #differential
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
 •
Tachypnea - Differential ... Tachypnea: • Anemia ... • Metabolic acidosis ... exposures • Lactic acidosis ... poisoning Nervous System
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
protein receptor type ... activin A receptor type ... Chronic hemolytic anemia ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... of Circulatory System ... output - Acute pulmonary ... 30mmHg) - Severe anemia ... #Elevation #Differential
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
form of delayed-type ... (cutaneous or systemic ... Erythemas #comparison #table ... #differential # ... diagnosis #dermatology
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Central nervous system ... Aspiration, Severe anemia ... Cardiac failure, Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #causes
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... TYPE IV RTA, TYPE ... : small-fiber neuropathy ... , INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... renal tubular acidosis
Causes of Hyperkalemia
l. Pseudohyperkalemia
  A Cellular efflux; thrombocytosis, erythrocytosis, leukocytosis, in vitro hemolysis
  B.
Causes of Hyperkalemia ... Acidosis B. ... ), sickle cell anemia ... #Hyperkalemia #Differential ... Classification #Causes