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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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HTN - Vasculitis ... Dyspnea: • Chest Wall ... Deconditioning - Pain ... #dyspnea #sob ... diagnosis #causes
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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tract, and often causes ... - GI tract: abdominal ... and branches • GCA ... Supply gut -> abdominal ... differential #diagnosis
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

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

Clinicopathologic correlations
 • Purpura, papules, pustules, necrosis: involvement of small vessels
smooth muscle wall ... Identification of causes ... (5%): PAN > GPA ... signs #lesions #diagnosis ... pathology #lesions #differential
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
Vasculitis - Differential ... Differential Diagnosis ... develop in pts with GCA ... pain • HTN • ... tract, and often causes
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
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Causes of Petechial ... Rash - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... lesions • Severe pain ... Skin biopsy • 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