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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... EffusionsPleural ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... #SOB #Differential
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Foreign Body • Pleural ... Effusion • Atelectasis ... Body • Heart Disease ... #SOB #ShortnessOfBreath ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Parenchyma: • Pneumonia ... • Interstitial lung ... : • Pleural effusion
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Effusion - Differential ... Infectious: • Pneumonia ... • Subphrenic abscess ... #Effusion #Pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Abscess Management ... Abscess Differential ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... causes #management
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
pleural effusion ... goals of assessing lung ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Malignant #Management ... #Pleural #Pulmonary
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Non-Infectious (NTBE): • Malignancy ... verrucous) • Lung ... Heart Failure • Dyspnea ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... • IV Antibiotics
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Xerotrachea • NSIP: Pleural ... thickening or effusion ... and Arthritis Malignancy ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management