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Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis ... Bronchiectasis - Pulmonary ... #Cough #Hemoptysis ... #Differential # ... Causes #Table
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Metabolic Acidosis #Chronic ... #Dyspnea #SOB #Differential
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... - Differential ... Intravascular hemolysis ... athletic training, Pulmonary ... #Differential #
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Pulse Pressure - Differential ... Pathologic: • Valvular ... - Severe iron deficiency ... disorders - Chronic ... pulmonary diseases
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
cough, SOB • Chronic ... Rhinosinusitis, cough, SOB, hemoptysis ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic ... • Dyspnea • Hemoptysis ... • Pulmonary artery ... α1-antitrypsin deficiency ... #differential #
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
- Differential ... processed grains - Chronic ... HF • Moderate pulmonary ... Korsakoff Syndrome - Chronic ... AV shunt, renal vascular
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Pathologic Causes: • Valvular ... • Severe iron deficiency ... disorders - Chronic ... pulmonary diseases ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... > 10 days - Hemoptysis ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... pulse deficits vascular ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... infiltrates, hemoptysis ... infiltrates/cavities, hemoptysis