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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... , worse at the bases ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... , Beomycin • Acute ... #Causes #Differential
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Pneumothorax - Effusion ... - Nodular - Acute ... - Congestive Cardiac ... Radiology #Patterns #Lung ... XRay #ChestCT #Differential
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
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Causes of Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Ventilation ... • Interstitial lung ... #Causes #Pulmonary
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... • Interstitial lung ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac Causes ... • Diffuse Lung ... Acute Respiratory ... • Chronic Lung
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Cardiac Tamponade ... Stable Angina • Acute ... #Causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura in severe cases ... the severity Acute ... submassive PE) POCUS ... #pulmonary #differential ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
IATROGENIC DISEASE ... metastatic spread: lung ... Complications of acute ... OTHER RARE CAUSES ... • PRIMARY Cardiac
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
3:1), and the base ... elimination of CO2 & pH ... pulmonary apices caused ... pulmonary edema in acute ... #diseases #differential
Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
- Lung metastases ... Radiation induced disease ... Hypercoagulable -> PE Based ... NEJMcps1414168 #dyspnea #algorithm ... #differential #