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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #
Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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Tachypnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... 20/min, shallow breathing ... Pulmonary Causes ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Paradoxical Breathing on Physical Exam

Paradoxical breathing is often a sign of breathing problems. It causes the
Paradoxical Breathing ... It causes the chest ... #PhysicalExam # ... respiratory #clinical ... #video #pulmonary
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
The most common cause ... from the various causes ... acute cardiac infarction ... infection, ARDS ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
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Causes of Apparent ... Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Periodic Breathing ... #Causes #Peds #
Biot's Respiration on Physical Exam
Biot's respiration is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by groups of
abnormal pattern of breathing ... : neurological causes ... #Respirations #PhysicalExam ... #Breathing #clinical ... #video #pulmonary
Cavitary Lung Lesions - Differential
Infection - Malignancy - Rheumatologic - Other

- Dr. David Furfaro https://twitter.com/david_furfaro

#Cavitary #Cavity
Lung Lesions - Differential ... Infection - Malignancy ... Lung #Lesions #Causes ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Abnormalities in Rate and Rhythm of Breathing 
Normal 
The respiratory rate is about 14—20 per min
has several causes ... patient, consider infarction ... #Pulmonary #Abnormalities ... #Abnormal #Diagnosis ... #PhysicalExam
An Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Wheezing and Stridor

Stridor: Louder, constant-pitch sound over central airways
Wheezing: Musical
Algorithm for the Diagnosis ... Stridor #Noisy #Breathing ... #differential # ... diagnosis #algorithm ... #pulmonary
Clinical Bedside Odors and Causes:
Metabolic, Toxins, Infectious

#Odors #Bedside #PhysicalExam #Causes #Differential #Smells
Clinical Bedside ... Odors and Causes ... Metabolic, Toxins, Infectious ... Odors #Bedside #PhysicalExam ... #Causes #Differential