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Causes of Acute Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiovascular
 • Myocardial Infarction*
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • CHF
Pleural
Causes of Acute ... Dyspnea - Differential ... • Pneumonia Vascular ... • Pulmonary Embolism ... Differential #Diagnosis
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Hemoptysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Airways: • Bronchitis ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #pulmonary
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Superior vena cava syndrome ... • Shunt Airway ... edema • Atelectasis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... vascular congestion ... respiratory distress syndrome ... HTN • Airway ... #edema #NCPE #differential
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
apart): Cough, Dyspnea ... Fever, Hematuria, Hemoptysis ... , Peripheral edema ... Diagnosis for Pulmonary ... #differential #
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Diagnosis Framework ... against narrowed airway ... Mediastinal mass or LAD, Vascular ... plug, Carcinoid syndrome ... #pulmonary #wheeze
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
• Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... • Hemoptysis ... • Mounier-Kuhn syndrome ... #differential # ... diagnosis
Selected causes of acute respiratory failure in adults. 
 - Airway disorders 
 - Pulmonary edema
- Airway disorders ... edema - Unclear ... vascular disorders ... Respiratory #Failure #Differential ... #Diagnosis
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Differential Diagnosis ... walking uphill - Dyspnea ... common causes of acute ... pulmonary edema ... #differential #diagnosis