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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... lung disease #Chronic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Patterns of disease in advanced COPD

Type A: 
Pink Puffer (Emphysema Predominant) 
Major complaint is dyspnea, often
Patterns of disease ... Cough is rare, with ... Major complaint is chronic ... cough, productive ... #COPD #Patterns
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease Abnormal Chest ... Shortness of Breath, Cough ... Chest Symptoms ... Sleep Apnea • Chronic
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Abnormal Chest ... X-Ray: • Chronic ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... disease: Pleuritic chest ... dyspnea, productive cough ... level seen • Chest ... Lung Abscess Pathogens
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Metabolic Acidosis #Chronic
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic ... cough • Hypoxia ... Loss of weight • Chest ... high-resolution chest ... growing uncommon pathogens
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Self-limiting, chronic ... but stable or chronic ... Progression to chronic ... Pulmonary: dyspnea, cough ... , chest pain 3
PFAPA Syndrome - Periodic Fever, Aphthous Stomatitis, Pharyngitis, and Adenitis

EPIDEMIOLOGY:
PFAPA is the most common syndrome entailing
the acute flare; chest ... syndrome - chronic ... dominant inheritance pattern ... not have a known pathogenic