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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
sweats, chills (infection ... disease or CHF) ... • Hemoptysis (blood ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... refer + order CT
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... dyspnea, productive cough ... anemia • Sputum/Blood ... cultures • CXR ... seen • Chest CT
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
verrucous) • Lung ... , Pancreas, Gastric ... Microbiology: Blood ... Culture (+): Acute ... • Blood cultures
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical Symptoms: cough ... : weight gain, lung ... pressure: systolic blood ... CXR congestion. ... coronary artery disease
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT ... abnormal in adults • Blood
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
dyspnoe due to acute ... the pulmonary blood ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR ... #CHF #Alveolar ... Pulmonary #Edema #AlveolarEdema
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
, verrucous) - Lung ... , Pancreas, Gastric ... Microbiology: Blood ... Culture Positive: • Acute ... Diagnosis: • Blood
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
symptoms • Fever, cough ... • Major blood ... change in the lungs ... arthritis, and endocarditis ... nails, bronchi, lungs