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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... #SOB #Differential
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
History: cough, dyspnea ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... Algorithm Stridor ... Blood: diffuse alveolar ... COPD/asthma • Pleural ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
admitted with severe dyspnoe ... redistribution of the pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Kerley B lines, alveolar ... edema, bilateral pleural ... → no signs of CXR ... heartfailure #diagnosis #management ... #cardiology #pharmacology
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
taken up by the alveolar ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... organ system: • Pleura ... and Culture • CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
taken up by the alveolar ... hemoptysis • Dyspnea ... organ system: • Pleura ... and Culture • CXR ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
diagnosis: - Dyspnea ... , selenium) Differential ... congestion on a CXR ... recognition and management ... Cardiomyopathy #Cardiology