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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... , Intra-abdominal ... poisoning, DKA, Fever
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnostic Algorithm

Whipple's disease suspected:
 • Arthralgias, weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea
) - Diagnostic Algorithm ... , weight loss, abdominal ... pain, diarrhea ... cognitive deficits • Fever ... unknown origin, chronic
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... abdominal pain ... potentially be an acute ... Red Flags: • Fever ... aneurysms • Acute
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... , fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... restrictive lung disease
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
RUSH exam for fever ... pain. ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... hx of Crohn's disease ... Abscess #POCUS #ultrasound
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
or chronic illness ... with cough and fever ... with low oxygen level ... interstitial lung disease ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... lymphadenopathy, • Abdominal ... pain, chronic diarrhea ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... Philadelphia - BCR-ABL ... , fever, joint pain ... , weight loss, abdominal ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... 3) Abdominal, ... infection • Cough, fever ... or chronic pulmonary ... • Isolated fever
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Presentation: Fever ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... pain, hepatomegaly ... Manifestations: • Fever ... • Fever and weight