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Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Acute Dyspnea - Differential ... Tamponade* • CHF ... Pleural • Pneumothorax ... Vascular • Pulmonary ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Bronchiectasis Pleural ... Effusions • Pleural ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... cardiogenic edema, to differentiate ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Algorithm for nodular pattern
The algorithm to distinguish perilymphatic, random and centrilobular nodules is the following:
- Look
the presence of pleural ... fissures. - If pleural ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... MultipleNodules #Nodules #Differential ... #Algorithm #RadiologyAssistant
Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
Chest Pain - Differential ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Alveoli: - CHF ... Pneumonia • Pleura ... Pain #ChestPain #Differential
Fluid Analysis 
A systematic approach to analysis of the fluid in conjunction with the clinical presentation
etiology, narrow the differential ... diagnoses, & design a management ... MD @DharSaty #csf ... #pleural #synovial
Pleural Manometry Summary
Measurement of Intrapleural Pressures and Pleural Elastance during therapeutic thoracentesis can be used to
Pleural Manometry ... Pressures and Pleural ... of re-expansion pulmonary ... Manometry #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary #differential
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Diagnosis Pulmonary ... attack, ILD flare, Pleural ... Sarcoid, Tumor, Pleural ... effusion, Pulmonary ... decompensated CHF
Solitary Pulmonary Nodule
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A solitary pulmonary nodule or
Solitary Pulmonary ... atelectasis or pleural ... The differential ... SolitaryPulmonaryNodule #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural opacities
The table lists the most common causes of pleural opacities #Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary #CXR #Pleural
Pleural opacities ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CXR #Pleural # ... Opacity #Plaques #Differential ... #Causes #RadiologyAssistant