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Dyspnea - Considerations with Malignancy
Directly Malignancy Related:
 - Lymphangitic spread to lung
 - Malignant pleural effusion
effusion - Malignant ... - Lung metastases ... Hypercoagulable -> PE Based ... dyspnea #algorithm #differential ... #diagnosis #oncology
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... : Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma ... effusion Other ... Schema #Acute #Chronic ... #Differential #
Malignant Complex Pleural Effusion on Lung POCUS
You are starting your RUSH exam on febrile/hypotensive patient with
on Lung POCUS ... Diagnosis? ... Known lung CA. ... could be empyema based ... #Lung #POCUS #Pulmonary
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Pneumothorax - Effusion ... Glass Opacity - Chronic ... - Congestive Cardiac ... Radiology #Patterns #Lung ... #Diagnosis
Hemorrhagic Pericardial Effusions (Hemopericardium)- Differential Diagnosis Framework

IATROGENIC DISEASE
Secondary to invasive cardiac procedures

NONIATROGENIC
• Malignancy (e.g., metastatic spread:
Hemopericardium)- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Secondary to invasive cardiac ... NONIATROGENIC • Malignancy ... metastatic spread: lung
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... , worse at the bases ... Failure - Impaired cardiac ... Atypical” Pneumonia Malignancy ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cardiac: • Dysrhythmia ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... • Interstitial lung ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... pneumonia • Chronic ... Clindamycin in case ... Abscess Differential ... polyangiitis) • Malignancy
Approach to Acid Base Disorders - Evaluation and Differential Diagnosis
1) Start with the Anion Gap (AG).
2)
adding ~0.05 to pH ... chronicity (acute, chronic ... , or acute on chronic ... Differential Diagnosis ... depression, Obstructive Lung
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
3:1), and the base ... elimination of CO2 & pH ... aspergillosis - Chronic ... #diseases #differential ... #diagnosis #mnemonic