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First-line therapies for Asthma, Asthma-COPD Overlap and COPD

The diagnosis of COPD, asthma, and ACO initially requires
therapies for Asthma ... of the type and pattern ... symptoms, and spirometry ... summary of the differential ... Overlap #FirstLine #Differences
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Obstruction • Asthma ... Masses Chest Wall Abnormalities ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
Abnormalities in ... may show this pattern ... Causes include asthma ... , chronic bronchitis ... #Breathing #Patterns
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
pulmonary and renal abnormalities ... Eosinophilia, asthma ... , chronic rhinosinusitis ... Blood pressure difference ... - (C-ANCA) pattern
Emergent Causes of Headache and Associated Risk Factors
Carbon monoxide poisoning
 - Breathing in enclosed or confined
) - Previous chronic ... meningitis - Previous chronic ... customary headache patterns ... brain or skull abnormalities ... signs #symptoms #differential
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... pulmonary and renal abnormalities ... Vasculitis Differential ... Eosinophilia, asthma ... , chronic rhinosinusitis
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential ... slow onset and pattern ... Conduction system abnormalities ... muscular atrophy • Chronic ... #rheumatology #differential
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS ... the symptomatic differences ... syndrome - chronic ... dominant inheritance pattern ... The difference between