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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... EffusionsPleural ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Pulmonary Alveoli • Pneumonia
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Parenchyma: • Pneumonia ... • Interstitial lung ... : • Pleural effusion ... #Causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... : • Chest pain ... factor • May cause ... , pleural effusion
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Foreign Body • Pleural ... Effusion • Atelectasis ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... • Interstitial lung ... Malformation • Severe Pneumonia ... Neuromascular Weakness • Pleural ... Abnormalities • Chest
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Wall/Pleura ... Pneumothorax • Pleural ... Effusion ... Parenchymal • Pneumonia
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Infectious: • Pneumonia
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... History: cough, dyspnea ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
effusion (MPE) ... goals of assessing lung ... and relief of dyspnea ... #Effusions #MPE ... #Algorithm #Management
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... , pleuritic chest ... pain, pleural effusion ... inflammation tends to cause ... interstitial lung