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Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ... Disease • ... Veno-Occlusive Disease ... RHF #RightSided #HeartFailure ... #Cardiology #Differential
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... 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. ... Metabolic storage disease ... chemotherapy #Diagnosis ... #Disease.
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... Connective Tissue Disease ... connective tissue disease ... disease (RB-ILD ... #Diseases #ILD
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bronchiectasis • Chronic ... Lung Infection ... • Lung Cancer ... #Algorithm #causes
CHF - Left-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Valvular Disease (Preserved Diastolic/Systolic Function)
 • Mitral Stenosis
Algorithm Valvular Disease ... Coronary Artery Disease ... Myocardial Ischemia Chronic ... #Cardiology #Differential ... #causes
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
Vasodilation Paget's Disease ... Vasodilation Lung ... Disease - Especially ... #High #Output #HeartFailure ... #cardiology #causes
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Connective Tissue Disease ... Congenital Heart Disease ... Disease and/or ... Metabolic Disorders Chronic ... Thromboembolic Disease
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
hypertension due to lung ... disease and/or ... Interstitial lung ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Connective Tissue Disease ... disease (nonneoplastic ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #Diseases #ILD