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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway ... Asthma • COPD • Bronchiectasis
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... syndrome • Shunt Airway ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... • Asthma • Bronchiectasis
Hemoptysis Differential Diagnosis Framework
Cardiovascular: Pulmonary embolism, Heart failure, Vasculitis, Valvular disease, Arteriovenous malformation
Pulmonary - Airway: Bronchitis,
Hemoptysis Differential ... - Airway: Bronchitis ... , Bronchiectasis ... #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Diagnosis #algorithm
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Bronchitis - Bronchiectasis ... - Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... Mitral Stenosis - Pulmonary ... Cough #Hemoptysis #Differential ... #Causes #Table
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Bronchiectasis - ... • Bronchiectasis ... Symptoms: • Chronic ... • Pulmonary artery ... #pulmonary #differential
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Foreign Body Airway ... COPD, Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential # ... Algorithm
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential ... Bronchospasm, Pulmonary ... pHTN, Shock • Airway ... Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis ... Hypoxemia #hypoxia #Differential
Differential Diagnosis of Wheezing
 • Extrathoracic (wheezing Is typically inspiratory): Anaphylaxis, Vocal cord pathology, Laryngeal stenosis,
Differential Diagnosis ... Intrathoracic, upper airway ... Intrathoracic, lower airway ... Heart failure, Bronchiectasis ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: ... localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis ... diagnosis #management #Differential ... #workup #algorithm ... #pulmonary
Bronchiectasis is defined as localized bronchial dilatation.
The diagnosis of bronchiectasis is usually based on a combination
Bronchiectasis is ... visibility of airways ... patients with chronic ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... #Differential #