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Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Bronchitis - Bronchiectasis ... #Chronic #Cough ... #Differential #Causes ... #Table
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: ... management Causes ... localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis ... Mycobacteria, Whooping cough ... Differential #workup #algorithm
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Causes of Chronic ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Foreign Body • Bronchiectasis ... Asthma • COPD Upper ... Rhinosinusitis / Upper
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... Chronic inflammation causes ... Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... Most Common Causes ... growing uncommon pathogens
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Asthma • COPD • Bronchiectasis ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
episodes of chronic cough ... in adults are caused ... by upper airway ... cough syndrome ... #Differential #Table
Causes of Dysuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pyuria - Leukocytes on Dipstick/Microscopy
 - Bacteriuria & Hematuria -
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Upper ... Neoplasm - Non-Pathogenic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes
Reproductive Number (R0 "R Naught") showing how contagious / transmissible a pathogen is.  The R0
transmissible a pathogen ... Ebola) and their case-fatality ... Pertussis (whooping cough ... take into account case-fatality ... coronavirus #comparison #table
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... dyspnea, productive cough ... shows a small, stable ... Lung Abscess Pathogens ... #differential #causes