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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Red Flags: • Fever ... sweats, chills (infection ... i.e. cancer) • Dyspnea ... lung disease or CHF ... #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... #Causes
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... CHD, congenital ... hypertension; CXR, chest ... disease; LFT, liver ... #Diagnosis #Peds
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... /Chest Wall: • ... decompensated CHF ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection ... poisoning, DKA, Fever
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Chronic ... Syndrome • Chronic ... Lung Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... Myocardial Ischemia Chronic ... Infiltrative • Infectious ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology ... #causes
Causes of Fatigue - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Endocrine
 • Hypo/Hyperthyroidism
 • Diabetes
 • Pituitary Insufficiency
 • Adrenal
Causes of Fatigue ... Renal Failure • Liver ... • Malignancy Infectious ... Obstructive Pulmonary ... #causes
Atrial Fibrillation Overview

Symptoms:
Palpitations, light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea, exercise intolerance, chest pain, near-syncope, syncope.

1. Why?
Cardiac:
• Valvular heart disease
•
light-headedness, dizziness, dyspnea ... exercise intolerance, chest ... Decompensated HF ... Noncardiac: • Pulmonary ... #Management #Algorithm
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... • Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Most Common Causes ... high-resolution chest
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... factor • May cause ... Microsporidium #Lung #Infections ... #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary