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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diastolic Dysfunction ... • Asthma • COPD ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... Acute: Trauma, COPD ... : Asthma, COPD, ... paralysis/dysfunction ... #Causes #Differential
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Bloating - Treatment Algorithm ... • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... Diagnostics and Testing
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain Causes - Differential ... , physical and testing ... genitourinary causes ... Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Left-Sided Heart Dysfunction ... Hypoxemia: • COPD ... Metabolic Disorders Chronic ... #Causes
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Asthma • COPD ... Dysfunction ... #Causes #PrimaryCare
Male Sexual and Erectile Dysfunction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Erectile Dysfunction
 - Psychological
    •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Amphetamines) Chronic ... • Spinal Cord ... Hyperthyroidism • Chronic ... endocrinology #causes
 The following #reflexes are routinely tested, and the response elicited is graded from zero to
patellar reflex testing ... as coma, spinal cord ... , frontal lobe dysfunction ... normally, local abdominal ... reflex suggests dysfunction
Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Intake:
 • GI illness (upper and lower)
 • Psychiatric (Depression,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Psychiatric (Depression, eating ... Hyperthyroidism • Chronic ... COPD) • Chronic ... #Causes
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: The exact cause ... detected with testing ... - Familial cold ... syndrome - chronic ... It causes the absolute