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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... disease #Chronic ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Causes of Polycythemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Relative ... Abdominal Ultrasound ... #Algorithm #Causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... point (hard to ... pleura in severe cases ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ultrasound #findings
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... Children and aging ... asthma, chronic ... Abnormalities #Abnormal ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... symptoms are not caused ... ), liver (pain/abnormal
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... multiple ill-defined masses ... month history of chronic ... lab-findings were normal ... #Clinical #Radiology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... Causes of Acute ... CA, small cell lung ... function may be abnormal
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... Autoimmunity • Chronic ... lung disease ... DDX - Other causes ... Malignancies • Chronic
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... , this list is long ... exogenous, EPO levels: normal ... /high - Chronic ... #Algorithm #workup
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... wasting Bone/Joint ... hypoadrenalism • Nausea ... Doppler imaging: Normal-size