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Tachypnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Definitions
 • Tachypnea: Respiratory rate > 20/min, shallow breathing in adults
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- Differential Diagnosis ... • Tachypnea: Respiratory ... shallow breathing in adults ... • Hyperpnea: Respiratory ... • Temperature/FEVER
Bradycardia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

BRADI Mnemonic
 • BRASH/Hyperkalemia
 • Reduced oxygen/Glucose/Temp
 • ACS
 • Drugs
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Hyperkalemia Pulmonary ... Babesiosis • Leptospirosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #cardiology
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Chronic inflammation causes ... run-down or tired • Fevers ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... is abnormal in adults ... #differential #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
conidia → Yeast → travel ... symptoms • Fever ... symptoms • Rheumatologic ... infection • Cough, fever ... • Isolated fever
Differential Diagnosis of Respiratory Acid-Base Disorders
Alkalosis
A. Central nervous system stimulation: Pain, Anxiety, psychosis, Fever, Cerebrovascular accident,
Differential Diagnosis ... Anxiety, psychosis, Fever ... Cardiac failure, Pulmonary ... Pneumoconiosis, Bronchitis, Adult ... #causes
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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upper and lower respiratory ... tract, and often causes ... Coronary arteries - Fever ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... #rheumatology #
Vasculitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
• Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
• Mononeuritis multiplex
• Hematuria, proteinuria,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Vasculitis: • Fevers ... upper and lower respiratory ... tract, and often causes ... #Rheumatology
Acute Recurrent Pericarditis
= recurrence of Acute Pericarditis (AP) after free interval >4-6 weeks without symptoms, >1/4
RED FLAGS: Fever ... Systemic symptoms: pulmonary ... #Pericarditis #diagnosis ... management #treatment #rheumatology ... #cardiology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
RP-ILD), dermato-rheumatologic ... cancer-associated adult ... • Weakness of respiratory ... Overlap Syndrome: Fever ... statins - probably caused