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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... sweats, chills (infection ... disease #Chronic ... #Cough #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Tuberculosis - Lung ... Cancer of the Lung ... #Chronic #Cough ... #Hemoptysis #Differential
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... , Nocardia Chronic ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Diseases • Acute ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... intersitial space Infection ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #Causes #Differential
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Schema Infectious ... Allergic, Post-infectious ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... • Chronic ... Diffuse Lung Disease ... Syndrome • Chronic ... Lung Infection
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
pulmonary infection ... with underlying lung ... disease. 15% mortality ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... cough • Hypoxia ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... #differential #
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
- HIV infection ... due to lung disease ... lung disease Other ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes