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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
Dyspnea - Differential ... HTN - Vasculitis ... Dyspnea: • Chest Wall ... Deconditioning - Pain ... #dyspnea #sob
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
- Differential ... tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... #rheumatology #classification
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... intolerance • SIBO ... • Abdominal wall ... pain • Abdominal ... #Causes #Differential
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... multiplex • GI tract: Abdominal ... pain • HTN • ... tract, and often causes ... gut involvement, abdominal
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
patient’s absolute SBP ... Pregnancy • Well-conditioned ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
systemic inflammatory vasculitis ... very remarkable w/differential ... diagnosis = vasculitis ... claudication: pain ... chews, not just pain
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... pain, hepatomegaly ... NTM #Infections #differential