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Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Bronchiectasis - Pulmonary ... #Chronic #Cough ... #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Causes #Table
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... Symptoms: • Chronic ... cough • Hypoxia ... Most Common Causes ... #differential #
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
airway cough syndrome ... Chronic cough has ... of chronic cough ... #Cough #Differential ... #Table
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
 •
Broncholithiasis - Differential ... • Nonspecific chronic ... cough, • Hemoptysis ... inflamed and narrowed airways ... Noninfectious Causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... dyspnea, productive cough ... shows a small, stable ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
The Neurological Evaluation of a Comatose Patient

Definition:
 • Coma: a state of unresponsiveness; the absence of
Definition: • Coma: a state ... consciousness Differential ... Gag reflex • Cough ... Casey Albin MD @ ... caseyalbin #PhysicalExam