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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... disease or CHF) ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest ... disease #Chronic
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Interstitium • ILD • CHF
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... Hx of asthma, CF ... ; Chronic cough, ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Radiologists use many terms to describe areas of decreased density or lucencies within the lung, like
terms to describe areas ... lucencies within the lung ... we describe a chest ... #CXR #Lucency #Differential ... #Table #CavitaryLesion
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... antibiotics once stable ... shows a small, stable ... Abscess Differential ... Abscess #pulmonary #differential
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
More Specific Signs ... : weight gain, lung ... *Chronic HFrEF may ... lack lung rales ... Chest x-ray: signs
Guillain–Barré syndrome (GBS)
(aka: Landry–Guillain–Barré–Strohl syndrome:
	Most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis
	Rapidly progressive ascending paralysis & areflexia
	Autonomic
Autonomic dysfunction, CSF ... lower to upper areas ... Differential diagnosis ...  CIDP: Chronic ... relapses, requires long-term
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Loss of weight • Chest ... Nasal polyps and signs ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... in HIV - Differential ... • CT: Halo sign ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... AIDS #pulmonary #differential
Increased pulmonary venous pressure is related to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) and can be
features on the chest ... film (Table). ... patients with chronic ... obstructive lung ... Diagnosis #Radiology #CHF