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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pericardial • Effusion ... Alveoli • Pneumonia
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pulmonary/Chest ... flare, Pleural effusion ... , Pneumonia, Aspiration
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... , pleural effusion ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... Parenchyma: • Pneumonia ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... severe cases - Dynamic ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
excluded more common diagnoses ... Fever+, Cough+, Dyspnea ... Ground Glass +/- Effusions ... mechanical ventilation Chronic ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound - A-Lines, B-Lines, Consolidation
A-Profile - Air filled lung does not transmit sound
ABCs of Lung Ultrasound ... fluid filled: dynamic ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
History: cough, dyspnea ... Rare: pleural effusions ... - Diagnosis: ... , Chronic eosinophilia ... pneumonia, Pulmonary
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
B-Lines in case of Pneumonia ... pt with fever/dyspnea ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #ultrasound
CGD and Mulch Pneumonitis
This acute fulminant invasive fungal pneumonia in absence of iatrogenic or exogenous immunosuppression
invasive fungal pneumonia ... aerosolized fungal spores ... and hyphae Acute dyspnea ... and evidence of pulmonary ... #Pneumonitis #chronic