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An Approach to Chronic Dyspnea - Diagnostic Framework

Pulmonary, Cardiovascular and Miscellaneous Cause

Dr. Eric Strong https://twitter.com/DrEricStrong 

#Dyspnea
An Approach to Chronic ... Dyspnea - Diagnostic ... Framework Pulmonary ... DrEricStrong #Dyspnea ... #Chronic #Differential
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... Metabolic Acidosis #Chronic ... #Dyspnea #SOB # ... Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Dysrhythmia
 • Ischemia
 • Cardiomyopathy
 • Valvular disease
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Bronchitis • Chronic ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Dyspnea ... #Differential #
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... BostonChiefs #Dyspnea
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... slowly progressive dyspnea ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
Cryptosporidiosis, chronic ... Herpes simplex: chronic ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... Illnesses #HIV #InfectiousDiseases ... Diagnosis #List #Differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Symptoms: • Chronic ... • Hypoxia • Dyspnea ... polycythemia from chronic ... • Pulmonary artery ... #differential #
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Infections in HIV - Differential ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #infectiousdiseases
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
cough, SOB • Chronic ... of asthma, CF; Chronic ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
Related Infections - Differential ... cause primary pulmonary ... aspergillosis (cough, dyspnea ... Soil #Infections #differential ... #diagnosis #InfectiousDiseases