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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Airways: - Asthma ... Vasculature: - PE - Pulmonary ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary
Consensus diagnostic criteria for asthma-COPD overlap syndrome (ACOS) in patients with airflow limitation. COPD=chronic obstructive pulmonary
Consensus diagnostic criteria ... for asthma-COPD ... overlap syndrome ... chronic obstructive pulmonary ... #COPD #Criteria
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... disease • Asthma ... Pneumonia • Pulmonary ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Dyspnea
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Obstruction • Asthma ... Vessels • Pulmonary ... Acidosis #Chronic #Dyspnea
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Syndromes - OnePager ... Renal Syndromes ... (DAH), asthma in ... nodules, asthma ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Presentation: • Dyspnea ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... HPS Diagnostic Criteria ... ) on room air Treatment
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... dyskinesia • Young syndrome ... • Pulmonary artery ... mycobacteria Treatment
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
hyperventilation syndrome—a ... common cause of dyspnea ... Causes include asthma ... Breathing #Patterns #Pulmonary
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... specific diagnostic criteria ... Lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... lymphadenitis, pulmonary ... #Inflammatory #Syndrome
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
perfusion - shock->treatments ... before beginning treatment ... Seizures - Severe asthma ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome