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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic ... #Cough #Differential
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
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
and Hemoptysis Acute ... Bronchitis - Bronchiectasis ... Tuberculosis - Lung ... Cancer of the Lung ... #Differential #
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... Acute / Subacute ... : • Acute Infections ... 12 weeks): • Chronic
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
Nail Clubbing - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Bronchiectasis ... • Chronic Lung ... Infection • Lung
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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- Nodular - Acute ... Glass Opacity - Chronic ... Radiology #Patterns #Lung ... #CXR #XRay #ChestCT ... #Differential #
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory ... Lung Infection ... • Bronchiectasis
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... , Beomycin • Acute ... or Chronic Radiation
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... DiseasesAcute ... , SOB • Chronic ... #Eosinophilic #Lung ... #differential #
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
between acute consolidation ... In chronic disease ... - Lung neoplasms ... Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR ... #Chronic #Differential