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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Disease Coronary ... Artery Disease ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome
Behcet's Syndrome - Treatment
Ulcers:
 • Treatment: Topical steroids
 • Prevention: Colchicine
 • Azathioprine for refractory disease
Arthritis:
Behcet's Syndrome ... immunosuppressive meds) Vascular ... #Syndrome #Treatment ... #management #pharmacology ... #rheumatology
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
Etiology: • Vascular ... Kasabach-Merritt syndrome ... - APLS • Acute ... Gardner-Diamond syndrome ... #rheumatology #
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
, Idiopathic pulmonary ... Cocaine Cardiac/Vascular ... Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome ... • Valvular Disease ... #causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... Asthma, COPD) • Vascular ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Pulmonary
BEE Syndromes - Immune-mediated conditions affecting the brain, eye, and ear

Visual or auditory symptoms in conjunction
and less common diseases ... diagnosis and treatment ... Inflammatory causes ... • Acute disseminated ... polychondritis • Behcet disease
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... leading to increased pulmonary ... vascular permeability ... consistent with pulmonary ... RespiratoryDistress #Syndrome
Causes of Encephalopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hyperacute:
 - Primary Neurologic: Vascular (IS, ICH), Seizure, Migraine, Trauma
Causes of Encephalopathy ... encephalopathy Acute ... Inflammatory (Acute ... paraneoplastic syndromes ... neurocognitive disease
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... embolism • Collagen vascular ... disease • Gastrointestinal ... disease • Hemothorax
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute ... #causes