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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Asthma • COPD ... • Bronchiectasis ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
An Algorithm for ... the Diagnosis of Wheezing ... Subglottic): • Functional ... Bronchoconstriction: Asthma, COPD ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... and/or chills • Wheezing ... obstruction • COPD ... rhonchi, scattered wheezing ... ) • Pulmonary function
Antibiotics for severe community-onset pneumonia 

Atypical coverage always 

- Usually azithromycin 500 mg daily 

- Doxycycline
disease (severe COPD ... , bronchiectasis ... resident with poor functional ... only in selected cases
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Foreign Body • Bronchiectasis ... • Asthma • COPD ... #Causes #PrimaryCare