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Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... and Hemoptysis Acute ... Cancer of the Lung ... Emboli Irritating ... #Table
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
• Diffuse Lung ... Disease • Acute ... • Chronic Lung ... Embolism ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Angina • Acute ... Embolism* • Pulmonary
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... syndrome • Protein-losing ... embolism • Collagen
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular Causes:
 - Outflow Obstruction
     • Aortic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infarction • Stable ... Embolism (chest ... ChestPain #Noncardiac #Cardiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
HYPOVENTILATION • Rising ... : Interstitial lung ... embolus SHUNT ... • Occurs when blood ... bypassing the lungs
Vascular Joint Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
 - Constant Pain (Ischemia)
 - Acute Onset
 -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... (Ischemia) - Acute ... e.g. fractured long ... compressing the blood ... #Orthopedics #Causes
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
it pus, edema, blood ... or tumor cells (Table ... UIP, NSIP and long ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
contractility) - Acute ... exacerbation (any cause ... obstruction to blood ... embolism - Pericardial ... Classification #Table
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... blood flow. ... condition (left) and during ... #Clinical #Radiology