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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
a patient with cough ... edema - filling ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical Symptoms: cough ... : weight gain, lung ... HFrEF may lack lung ... → no signs of CXR ... coronary artery disease
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
In the lungs LV ... edema. ... disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CHF #CXR #Features
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
disease, i.e. fluid ... areas of the lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema