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

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
organ/systemic disease ... GERD, Dysphagia, CHF ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Diagnosis #Schema #Acute ... #Chronic #Differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... • CT: Halo sign ... , bloody sputum,
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... +/- High res CT ... scan), CBC/diff, Blood ... Infectious Diseases ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
dyspnea, productive cough ... anemia • Sputum/Blood ... cultures • CXR ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... DiseasesAcute ... Hx of asthma, CF ... #Eosinophilic #Lung ... #differential #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Advanced HIV (CD4 ... - Cough and lung ... percent), • Cough ... Imaging, high res CT ... NTM #Infections #differential
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
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... syndrome, Congestion/CHF ... CA, small cell lung ... intestines, white blood ... injury #hepatitis #differential