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Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: ... localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis ... Mycobacteria, Whooping cough ... #Differential #workup ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dyspnea (underlying lung ... refer + order CT ... History of cancer, lung ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... COPD, Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... @Ndouthit #Cough ... #Differential #Algorithm
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... Symptoms: • Chronic cough ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... high-resolution chest CT
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
infections Lungs ... Centrilobular nodules - Bronchiectasis ... - Cough and lung ... percent), • Cough ... Imaging, high res CT
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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Also known as: Lung ... Nonspecific chronic cough ... pneumonia, • Bronchiectasis ... bronchus • Chest CT