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Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm Cardiac ... • Interstitial lung ... malformation Pleura ... : • Pleural effusion
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
, Pulmonary alveolar ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... • Pleural effusion ... Parapneumonic effusion ... #differential #
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
effusion). ... position Obstructive lung ... disease, i.e. fluid ... the less severe diseased ... areas of the lung
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
Diagnosis and Management ... • DAH triad: lung ... infiltrates, no pleural ... effusion nor cardiomegaly ... #Pulmonary #Differential
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumothorax, Alveolar ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding)
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
glass shadow and effusion ... effusion is rare ... progress of the disease ... mild infection; alveolar ... ChestCT #Ultrasound #POCUS
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Blood: diffuse alveolar ... COPD/asthma • Pleural ... disease • Severe ... atelectasis • Lung ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
patterns, small pleural ... effusions) ... presentation of TB, lung ... is described as alveolar ... Diagnosis • Management
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Kerley B lines, alveolar ... edema, bilateral pleural ... effusions). 1/5 ... coronary artery disease ... Consider cardiac
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
in HIV - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework Disease ... phagocytic function of alveolar ... Focal pneumonia, pleural ... effusion, or bronchitis