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Cough - Diagnostic Schema

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

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
- Differential ... Foreign Body • Bronchiectasis ... Lower Airway: ... #Chronic #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #PrimaryCare
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... • Bronchiectasis ... Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... Infection: TB, NTM ... #pulmonary #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Hepatosplenomegaly - Lung - Cough ... percent), • Cough ... #Infections #differential
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... and paralysis, acute ... pseudomallei • Mycobacterium ... Campylobacter jejuni • NTM ... aspergillosis (cough
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Nonspecific chronic cough ... pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... inflamed and narrowed airways ... Infectious Causes: • Mycobacterium