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#Diagnosis #EM #ENT #PrimaryCare #Sore #Throat #SoreThroat #Assessment #Airway #Emergency #RedFlags #Differential #Algorithm #Symptoms #Ddxof
Diagnosis #EM #ENT #PrimaryCare ... SoreThroat #Assessment #Airway ... Emergency #RedFlags #Differential ... Algorithm #Symptoms #Ddxof
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... • Bronchiectasis ... Symptoms: • Chronic ... Infection: TB, NTM ... #pulmonary #differential
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
Bronchiectasis - ... dilation of an airway ... Bacterial, TB, NTM ... @PulmPEEPs #Bronchiectasis ... pulmonary #diagnosis #differential
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Foreign Body Airway ... COPD, Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Causes of Chronic ... Cough - Differential ... Foreign Body • Bronchiectasis ... #Differential # ... Algorithm #Causes #PrimaryCare
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
Bronchiectasis is ... The diagnosis of bronchiectasis ... visibility of airways ... patients with chronic ... #Differential #
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... syndrome • Shunt Airway ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... • Asthma • Bronchiectasis ... 2LmUODZ #Dyspnea #Differential
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway ... Asthma • COPD • Bronchiectasis ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... : Chronic lung infections ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... #Infections #differential
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
africanum • Mycobacterium ... • Silicosis • Chronic ... mycobacterial infection (NTM ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... malignancy, and chronic