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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Pericardial ... • EffusionCardiac ... Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion
Shock Classification Types - Pathophysiology Comparison

Obstructive Shock:
 • Obstructive shock is characterized by a blockage in
effusion, cardiac ... effusion, small ... advanced valvular disease ... Pathophysiology #Comparison #criticalcare ... #diagnosis #classification
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Typical symptoms ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... bilateral pleural effusions ... coronary artery disease ... Consider cardiac
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Inflammation of pericardium ... pain, pleural effusion ... interstitial lung disease ... pathophysiology #signs ... #symptoms #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Pain - Arthritis Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... noninflammatory Signs ... constitutional symptoms ... #Diagnosis #MSK
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Phos), CBC with differential ... or TSH level if symptoms ... 60 mg q6 - Chronic ... monitoring (vital signs ... appearance, subjective dyspnea
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Disease by CD4 ... • CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... pneumonia, pleural effusion
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
life-threatening diseases ... Inflammatory eye disease ... EGPA (↓ LVEF, pericardial ... effusion) • PFTs ... or serologies + symptoms
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
thrombosis, VTE) • Cardiac ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... Recurrent and chronic ... #management #signs ... #symptoms #rheumatology