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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #Cough #Differential ... #causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... factor • May cause ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... a patient with cough ... with low oxygen level ... nodular interstitial lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... dyspnea, productive cough ... decubitus - air fluid level ... #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... cough • Hypoxia ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Most Common Causes ... #differential #
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
granulomas within the lungs ... e.g. incidental CXR ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... , cough, chest pain ... acute sarcoidosis Pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
life • History: cough ... , dyspnea, fever ... - Imaging: • CXR ... consolidation and GG pattern ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
 •
Broncholithiasis - Differential ... Also known as: Lung ... • Nonspecific chronic ... cough, • Hemoptysis ... • Wheezing • Fever
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... - Cough and lung ... percent), • Cough ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... NTM #Infections #differential
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
x-ray (CXR), try ... radiograph pattern ... not seen on a CXR ... Most commonly caused ... Radiology #CTChest #Lung