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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential ... Infectious Knee ... Knee Effusions: ... #differential #
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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Dyspnea - Differential ... - Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #sob #differential ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Pericardial • Effusion ... Acidosis #Chronic #Dyspnea ... #SOB #Differential
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Pleura: • Pleural effusion ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Dyspnea ... #Differential #
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Pediatric Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Body • Pleural Effusion ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... Embolism #Dyspnea
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Chronic Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... flare, Pleural effusion ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Exudative Effusion:
 - Pulmonary
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Causes of Pleural Effusion ... - Differential ... : - Pulmonary ... • Infectious ... #Differential #
Management of patients with known or suspected malignant pleural effusion (MPE) - An Official ATS/STS/STR Clinical
malignant pleural effusion ... and relief of dyspnea ... the patient’s dyspnea ... Predicted very short ... (IPC)–related infection
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Regions - Frequent Differential ... fever • Cough, dyspnea ... melioidosis, typhoid, pulmonary ... malaria • Cough, dyspnea ... eosinophilia - Tropical pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
apart): Cough, Dyspnea ... symptomatology Differential ... allopurinol), Infection ... DAH, rule out infection ... Renal #Syndrome #differential