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Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Vasculitis, ILD Malignancy ... Metastatic Dz, Malignant ... effusion Other ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #Algorithm
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Considerations with Malignancy ... Directly Malignancy ... pleural effusion ... effusion - Lung ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... pleural effusion ... there is a low likelihood ... #Effusions #MPE ... #Algorithm #Management
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... Abnormalities • Pleural Effusions ... Metabolic Acidosis #Chronic
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural Effusion ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Noninfectious: • Malignancy ... 2LmUODZ #Pleural #Effusion ... Pulmonary #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
Summary Overview: chronic ... nodules, joint effusions ... citrullinated peptide) - ↑ specificity
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
known or suspected malignant ... pleural effusion ... there is a low likelihood ... #Algorithm #Effusion ... #Malignant #Management
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Biliary stone, Malignancy ... Assists in liver specificity ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... injury: > 3 • Chronic
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
*Chronic HFrEF may ... S 64-79%), 95% specificity ... bilateral pleural effusions