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

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... GERD, Dysphagia, CHF ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #Algorithm
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases ... • Acute Eosinophilic ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... #Lung #Diseases ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... histiocytosis (PLCH) • Eosinophilic ... intersitial space Infection ... , Beomycin • Acute
IgG4-Related Disease
Clinical history:  Man, 60 years, multiorgan involvement, unique or multiple inflammatory pseudotumor
4 phenotypes:
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IgG4-Related Disease ... biliary, renal, lung ... concentration PET-CT ... hypergammaglobulinemia, ↑ acute ... phase reactants, eosinophilia
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... polymicrobial infection ... dyspnea, productive cough ... ) • CXR upright ... seen • Chest CT
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Algorithm Cardiac ... • Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory ... • Chronic Lung ... Infection
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
differentiate between acute ... - Lung neoplasms ... - Chronic post-infection ... OP) or chronic eosinophilic ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
massiliense in CF ... - Cough and lung ... percent), • Cough ... Lung Disease: ... Imaging, high res CT
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 ... CXR congestion. ... coronary artery disease