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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 ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Vasculitis, ILD Malignancy ... Metastatic Dz, Malignant ... #Differential #Algorithm
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... Atypical” Pneumonia Malignancy ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... should be used as a rough ... individualized on a case-by-case ... #Malignant #Pleural ... Effusions #MPE #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Asthma • COPD ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #PrimaryCare
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Productive cough ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy ... assay (IGRA) • PPD
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Productive cough ... tracheobronchial stenosis, malignancy ... assay (IGRA) • PPD
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... should be used as a rough ... individualized on a case-by-case ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Malignant #Management