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Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Pericarditis, CAD, HFrEF ... /HFpEF, Intracardiac ... Diagnosis
Iron Deficiency in Heart Failure
Pathophysiology:
Chronic heart failure leads to an increase in inflammatory cytokines → Inflammation
Iron Deficiency ... → Inflammation causes ... release Diagnosis ... #deficiency #CHF ... #HFrEF #heartfailure
Checklist for the Echocardiographic Evaluation of Pulmonary Hypertension
 • Record estimated PASP
 • Evaluate RV size
Hypertension ... • Evaluate for causes ... shunt lesions) • Differentiate ... Sanjiv Shah @HFpEF ... Echocardiography #diagnosis
“H’s & T’s“ - The reversible causes of Cardiac Arrest 
Hypovolemia, Hypoxia/Hypoxemia, Hydrogen Ion Excess (Acidosis),
The reversible causes ... Pneumothorax, Thrombosis (Pulmonary ... Coronary) #HsTs #acls ... #differential # ... diagnosis #arrest
Gastrointestinal Causes of Iron Deficiency Anemia
 • Mass lesions: Carcinoma, Large polyps
 • Inflammatory: Reflux esophagitis,
Gastrointestinal Causes ... of Iron Deficiency ... ectasia(s), Portal hypertensive ... #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of Iron Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 • Blood loss: GI (cancer, ulcer, IBD), GU
Causes of Iron Deficiency ... - Differential ... athletic training, Pulmonary ... #Deficiency #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Causes of Wide Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis
Physiologic:
 • Advanced age-arteriosclerosis (less compliant arteries)
 • Well
Causes of Wide Pulse ... hypovolemia - Severe iron ... deficiency anemia ... - Chronic pulmonary ... #Diagnosis #causes
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
conditions) • Severe iron ... deficiency anemia ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... PP and systolic hypertension ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Clotting factor deficiency ... appearance • Hypotension
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
hypertension • ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... α1-antitrypsin deficiency ... #differential # ... diagnosis