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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Interstitium • ILD ... • CHF • Sarcoidosis ... #Dyspnea #SOB #
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... Differential Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Asthma attack, ILD ... , COPD, CTEPH, ILD ... decompensated CHF
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
with suspected pulmonary ... CHD, congenital ... testing; CTEPH, chronic ... bronchopulmonary dysplasia; CLD ... , chronic lung disease
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
disease Group III - Chronic ... hypoxemia • COPD, ILD ... • Sarcoidosis, chronic ... activity worsens dyspnea ... markedly limited by dyspnea
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
the diagnosis of chronic ... cHP = chronic hypersensitivity ... #pneumonitis #pulmonary ... algorithm #HP #ILD
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
In these cases comparison ... with old fims can ... during a period of CHF ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV)

Expiratory & Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Both increase intrathoracic pressure, which can decrease
In CHF, decreases ... exacerbation (cardiogenic pulmonary ... often w/ acute on chronic ... exacerbation) • Chronic ... increased WOB, dyspnea
On the left a patient with CHF. 
There is an increase in heart size compared to
a patient with CHF ... redistribution of pulmonary ... that helpful, but comparison ... #Exacerbation #Comparison ... #RadiologyAssistant
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill ... bronchiolitis: ill ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Comparison ... #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
cough, SOB • Chronic ... Hx of asthma, CF ... ; Chronic cough, ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #comparison