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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
sweats, chills (infection ... i.e. cancer) • Dyspnea ... (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... disease #Chronic
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... slowly progressive dyspnea ... and cough, “velcro ... histiocytosis (PLCH ... intersitial space Infection
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... Diagnosis Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... Focal pneumonia, pleural ... #Infections #HIV
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
goals of assessing lung ... and relief of dyspnea ... the patient’s dyspnea ... should be used as a rough ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... • Productive cough ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... organ system: • Pleura
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
affecting the lungs ... • Progressive lung ... • Productive cough ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... organ system: • Pleura
COVID-19 - A Seattle Intensivist's One-Page Cheat-Sheet on COVID-19 v2.7 Updated March 26 2020

(v2.7) incorporating newer
Wuhan Virus") • Infection ... : Coronavirus Disease ... Symptoms • 65-80% cough ... illness) • 20-40% dyspnea ... numerous B-lines, pleural
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
goals of assessing lung ... and relief of dyspnea ... the patient’s dyspnea ... should be used as a rough ... #Algorithm #Effusion
Melioidosis - Skin Infection
63M h/o diabetes with c/o fever, chest pain, dyspnea x 3 days, CT
fever, chest pain, dyspnea ... pneumonia with left pleural ... lesions on chest (pic ... alcoholism, liver/lung ... /kidney disease,