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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Interstitium • ILD ... • CHF • Sarcoidosis
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic ... Causes of Dyspnea ... /Chest Wall: • ... Asthma attack, ILD ... CHF, Hypertensive
Patterns of disease in advanced COPD

Type A: 
Pink Puffer (Emphysema Predominant) 
Major complaint is dyspnea, often
Major complaint is dyspnea ... Major complaint is chronic ... Dyspnea usually ... mild, though patients ... #BlueBloater #Pulmonary
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
slowly progressive dyspnea ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM ... , Beomycin • Acute ... or Chronic Radiation ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
The pulmonary vascular ... comparison with old ... during a period of CHF ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... Redistribution #RadiologyAssistant
Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
common diagnoses Acute ... Fever+, Cough+, Dyspnea ... +, Pleuritic Chest ... Effusions - Rare ... mechanical ventilation Chronic
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
History: cough, dyspnea ... - No specific lab ... organizing pneumonia, Chronic ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
and progressive Acute ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... , cough, chest pain ... sarcoidosis Pulmonary ... , arrhythmias, dyspnoea
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Acutely (hours ... • Chronic toxicity ... (e.g., chronic ... Dyspnea 3. ... Exclusion of other ILDs
There are three principal varieties of pulmonary edema: cardiac, overhydration and increased capillary permeability (ARDS). 
The
There are three ... permeability or acute ... renal failure and chronic ... Radiology #CXR #CHF ... VascularPedicleWidth #RadiologyAssistant