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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... Interstitium • ILD
Patterns of disease in advanced COPD

Type A: 
Pink Puffer (Emphysema Predominant) 
Major complaint is dyspnea, often
Patterns of disease ... in advanced COPD ... Dyspnea usually ... mild, though patients ... #Phenotypes #PinkPuffer
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Chronic Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary/Chest ... Acute: Trauma, COPD ... Asthma attack, ILD
On the left a patient with rheumatoid arthritis and bilateral peripheral consolidations as a result of
Patients with OP ... collagen vascular diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... RheumatoidArthritis #ILD
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Diagnosis and Causes Clinical ... : Dyspnea, Exercise ... Amyloidosis (AL Amyloid, Wild ... Diagnosis #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
On the left a patient who complained of arthritic pain.

There are multiple small bilateral peripheral consolidations.
The
collagen vascular disease ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Organizing #Pneumonia #ILD
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
HRCT findings in OP ... exclusion of other diseases ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Organizing #Pneumonia #ILD
UCSF COVID-19 Adult Clinical Evaluation Guide - Updated April 10 2020

Clinical Presentation
• Fever: hospitalized pts but
COVID-19 Adult Clinical ... April 10 2020 Clinical ... Cough 45-80%, dyspnea ... associated w severe disease ... Guide #Diagnosis #Algorithm
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
the left some diseases ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #CTChest #Nodular ... NodularPattern #Differential
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... Phos), CBC with differential ... Intubation only if clinically ... (vital signs, clinical ... appearance, subjective dyspnea