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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Dyspnea - Differential ... Pericardial ... • EffusionCardiac ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... • Metabolic Acidosis
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... - Too slow • Pericardium ... Causes of Dyspnea ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #diagnosis #causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Renal Syndromes ... effusion) • PFTs ... Goodpasture's cause ... #Renal #Syndromes ... #treatment
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
- Differential ... - Cardiac arrest ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Compartment syndrome ... #Diagnosis #causes
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... lung disease Caused ... defect (Type 1) ... left heart 3-6 cardiac ... resolution of symptoms
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
Hypocomplementemia • Can cause ... thickening or effusion ... acidosis • NAGMA ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... #Rheumatology #
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
permanent alopecia Differential ... Kikuchi disease • Type-I ... Lungs: • Pleural effusions ... APLA/LAC: • Renal ... Induced Lupus: • Symptoms
Relapsing Polychondritis

What is it?
Recurrent inflammation of the cartilage in the body (Autoimmune disorder)

Who?
• Most frequently: 40
vessel aneurysms • Cardiac ... Heart failure • Renal ... Sarcoidosis • Behcet ... Antibodies to type ... affected tissue Treatment