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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Disease Coronary Artery ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Embolism* • Pulmonary ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... - Differential Diagnosis ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... pleura in severe cases ... Embolism (PE): ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Endocarditis Summary

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV substance use
• IV catheter
• Recent
Generalized: • Chills ... Cerebral > Splenic, pulmonary ... Cause Injury By ... Treat underlying cause ... than 5 to 7 days after
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... of Pneumonia on ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
- Differential Diagnosis ... insufficiency shortly after ... Embolism: • Acute ... multiple smaller emboli ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... the underlying cause ... oxygenation in pneumonia ... started >14 days after ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... 38 degrees • Chills ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
 •
Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... • Recurrent pneumonia ... artery • Bronchoesophageal ... Noninfectious Causes ... Hypertrophied Bronchial Artery
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
(hours to days after ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... Exclude other causes ... embolism - ... #diagnosis #management