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The Dyspnea Pyramid - Differential Diagnosis for Shortness of Breath

Original Source (Jeff Wiese MD): https://www.acponline.org/system/files/documents/clinical_information/journals_publications/books/clinical-teaching-scripts-for-inpatient-medicine.pdf

#Diagnosis #Dyspnea
Dyspnea Pyramid - Differential ... www.acponline.org/system ... journals_publications/books/clinical-teaching-scripts-for-inpatient-medicine.pdf ... Diagnosis #Dyspnea #Differential
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Clinical Significance (MGUS) - Differential Diagnosis

Neurologic-Centered:
 (+) Systemic Features: POEMS, AL amyloid, Cryoglobulinemia
Gammopathy of Clinical ... Significance (MGUS) - Differential ... Cryoglobulinemia (-) Systemic ... Monoclonal #Gammopathy #Clinical ... Significance #MGUS #Differential
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Hypertension - Differential ... based on repeat clinic ... Sympathetic nervous system ... Secondary #Nephrology #Differential
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
should encourage critical ... reflection on the differential ... portal venous system ... #liver #pocus #clinical
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
ANA or Anti-NucIear Antibody refers to antibodies against antigens in the nucleus → like
likely it will be clinically ... • Homogeneous: Systemic ... ) • Speckled: Systemic ... • Peripheral: Systemic ... rheumatology #diagnosis #differential
BEE Syndromes - Non-inflammatory Causes

Immune-mediated conditions affecting the Brain, Eye, and Ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in
central nervous system ... leukoencephalopathy and systemic ... MRI lesions and clinical ... noninflammatory #differential
Hydroxyapatite Deposition Disease (HADD) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Ovoid hypointense structures along the bursal surface
Differential diagnosis ... disorders: Progressive systemic ... tenosynovitis: Differentiate ... Deposition #Disease #clinical ... #mri #clinical
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
, painless, no systemic ... biopsy preferred Differential ... Sporotrichiosis #Infection #clinical
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... fraction < 20% Differential ... solid cancers • Systemic
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
shock is often clinically ... renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system ... CriticalCare #Shock #Differential