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Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Chronic Cough - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Red ... ) • Abnormal CXR ... #causes
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... syndrome • Shunt Airway ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... • Interstitial lung
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway ... #Causes
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
pneumonia • Chronic ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... Abscess Differential ... #causes #management
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation causes ... Most Common Causes ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary #differential
Erythemas Summarized
Erythema ab igne
 • A dermatosis that results from repeated exposure to heat (fires, heating
centrifugum • A chronic ... Many have moved away ... cancers, including lung ... PrathitKulkarni #Erythemas #comparison ... #table #differential
Atrial Fibrillation RVR - Medications
Diltiazem
 • Preferred in patients with chronic lung such as Asthma and
patients with chronic ... lung such as Asthma ... #Medications #management ... #treatment #comparison ... #table
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... inflammatory debris-small airways ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... e.g. incidental CXR ... but stable or chronic ... Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis #Management
Local Anaesthetic Toxicity - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Signs of severe toxicity:
 • Sudden alteration in
without tonic-clonic ... ensure adequate lung ... • Maintain the airway ... Start continuous CPR ... Checklist #Diagnosis #Management