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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
sweats, chills (infection ... disease or CHF) ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... Lung Disease. ... cell arteritis Infectious ... chemotherapy #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Diffuse Lung ... Lung Infection ... #RHF #RightSided ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Schema Infectious ... GERD, Dysphagia, CHF ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Schema #Acute #Chronic
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
CHF - Left-Sided ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Myocardial Ischemia Chronic ... Infiltrative • Infectious ... #Algorithm #causes
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bronchiectasis • Chronic ... Lung Infection ... • Lung Cancer ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Secondary IgA Nephropathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • GI disorders: Celiac disease, Crohn's disease,
Causes of Secondary ... - Differential Diagnosis ... : H pylori, Chronic ... mucosal infections ... Lymphomas, RCC, Lung
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... Chest CT: • Ground-glass ... DDX - Other causes ... Malignancies • Chronic
Short Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Normal Variant, Normal Puberty Onset (BA = CA)
 • Familial Short
- Differential Diagnosis ... Disease • GI ... CRF) • Infection ... Chronic UTI) • ... endocrinology #causes
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... decompensated CHF ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection ... #Diagnosis