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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... i.e. cancer) • Dyspnea ... #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Idiopathic ... slowly progressive dyspnea ... inflammation Primary ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Cardiac ... Lung Infection ... Embolism • Primary ... #Algorithm #causes
Primary and Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Primary (Essential) (95%) - Onset between age
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Primary ... • Long-standing ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
including restrictive lung ... Children and aging ... of dyspnea and ... asthma, chronic ... #Diagnosis #PhysicalExam
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... Most Common Causes ... TB, NTM, PNA • Primary ... in the adjacent lung ... - BAR >1.0 is abnormal
Causes of Primary and Functional Mitral Regurgitation (MR) 
Causes of primary mitral regurgitation
 - Rheumatic heart
Causes of Primary ... Age-related changes, chronic ... of coaptation point ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Cardiology
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
toxic substances primarily ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... granulomatosis • Abnormal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #STARCHASERS #radiology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... up EPO levels Primary ... , this list is long ... /high - Chronic ... #Algorithm #workup
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
muscle aches, joint ... level • A low or normal ... change in the lungs ... , skin, scalp, vagina ... nails, bronchi, lungs