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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic
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 ... Diagnosis #Schema #Acute ... #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
chronic consolidation ... In chronic disease ... - Lung neoplasms ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Acute #Chronic
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
or chronic illness ... a patient with cough ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory ... Lung Infection ... • Bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
cough • Hypoxia ... centrilobular nodules, or consolidation ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... , Beomycin • Acute ... or Chronic Radiation ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... dyspnea, productive cough ... Blood cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... • CT: Halo sign ... dyspnea • Lobar consolidation ... Abdominal pain, chronic
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
lung disease ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... - Cough and lung ... percent), • Cough ... Imaging, high res CT