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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... #Causes
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... , PT. aPTT • Serial
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
treatment) • Can ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Dyspnea 3. ... Pleuritic chest ... macrophages Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Other tests: • CT chest ... Goodpasture's cause ... typically seen on chest ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... Loss of weight • Chest ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... high-resolution chest ... mycobacteria Treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... lung disease Caused ... defect (Type 1) or anatomic ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... no established medical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
fatigue, altered mental ... with presence of pulmonary ... acute coronary syndrome ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
arteriovenous shunting causes ... • Progressive dyspnea ... the left heart TREATMENT ... • No effective medical ... only definitive treatment