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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 physical findings ... ) • Abnormal CXR
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
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... non-productive cough ... The lab-findings ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP #RadiologyAssistant
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
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
non-pulmonary findings ... a patient with cough ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
In the lungs LV ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features ... #Findings #Diagram ... #RadiologyAssistant
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
chronic obstructive lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Stages ... #Findings #Signs ... #RadiologyAssistant