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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... sweats, chills (infection ... lung disease or CHF ... lymadenopathy, clubbing, chest
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Failure - Differential ... Parenchyma • Chronic ... Syndrome • Chronic ... Lung Infection ... Veno-Occlusive Disease #RHF
Aortitis - Diagnosis and Workup
Clinical History:
 - Fever, weight loss, deterioration of general health
 - Aortic
History: - Fever, weight ... - Pain (back, chest ... on the cause Infections ... Nivolumab, GM-CSF ... #Differential #
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... /Chest Wall: • ... decompensated CHF ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Evaluation of Chronic ... Parasitic infections ... #Diarrhea #management ... #algorithm #workup ... #diagnosis #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
nails • Loss of weight ... • Chest pain/tightness ... • Wasting and weight ... high-resolution chest ... #differential #
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Immunocompromised status • Chronic ... encounters due to NTM: Chronic ... massiliense in CF ... • Dyspnea, • Chest ... #differential #
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
polymicrobial infection ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Lung Abscess Differential ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
aches, joint pain, chest ... MC: CNS CSF: • ... India ink prep CSF ... pulmonary infection ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... confirm DAH, r/o infection ... Renal #Syndromes #differential ... #diagnosis #management