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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Algorithm #causes
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... GERD, Dysphagia, CHF ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Dz, Malignant effusion ... #Differential #Algorithm
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical Symptoms: cough ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... bilateral pleural effusions ... → no signs of CXR
Assessment of Chest Tube Drains
Stepwise assessment of Chest Tube Function
TUBE POSITIONING
 • Look at the CXR:
• Look at the CXR ... since a prior CXR ... Have the patient cough ... @nickmmark #ChestTube ... #Drains #Diagnosis