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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... Interstitium • ILD ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... • Interstitial lung ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
Dyspnea - Considerations ... Lymphangitic spread to lung ... - Lung metastases ... #algorithm #differential ... #diagnosis #oncology
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... slowly progressive dyspnea ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... #Diseases #ILD ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Malignancy: Lung ... Dz, Malignant effusion ... Acute #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis and Causes
Clinical: Dyspnea, Exercise Intolerance, ↑ "Right Sided-Symptoms" (ascites, hepatomegaly, ↑↑peripheral edema)
Physical
Cardiomyopathy - Diagnosis ... Causes Clinical: Dyspnea ... Karan Desai MD, MPH ... #Causes #differential ... #cardiology #algorithm
Constrictive Pericarditis on Echocardiogram
A 55-year-old female marathon runner presents to clinic w/ 6-months of worsening breathlessness
Exam showed BP 100 ... edema, and clear lungs ... circumferential pericardial effusion ... expiration not meeting diagnostic ... Echocardiogram #a4c #pocus
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... /Other RGM • Cardiac ... Weakness, • Dyspnea ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... NTM #Infections #differential
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... the critically ill ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... - Cardiac arrest ... failure - Low cardiac
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Differential Diagnosis ... typical HF sx: dyspnea ... and timing with Cardio-OB ... Avoid ARBs • ICD ... Karan Desai MD, MPH