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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Algorithm Red ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Poor ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Idiopathic ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #Algorithm
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... • Most common cause ... pneumonia • Chronic ... dyspnea, productive cough ... Blood cultures • CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... multiple ill-defined masses ... non-productive cough ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Lung Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #Algorithm #causes
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... a patient with cough ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Primary Bone Tumors - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 

Metastatic - Most common tumour in adults
 - Breast
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Thyroid - Lung ... Tumors #Tumours #MSK ... #Causes #Oncology ... #Radiology
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... granulomas within the lungs ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea, cough ... anterior/posterior MSK
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... cough • Hypoxia ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis