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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Bronchiectasis ... • Chronic Lung ... Infection • Lung ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
COPD, Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential # ... Algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... • Asthma • Bronchiectasis ... • Interstitial lung ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Lung Infection ... • Bronchiectasis ... #Diagnosis #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
• Silicosis • Chronic ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... malignancy, and chronic ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
• Silicosis • Chronic ... pneumothorax, bronchiectasis ... malignancy, and chronic ... and Culture • CXR ... • Check CXR and
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT ... #pulmonary #differential ... #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... Lung Disease: ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential