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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Myocardial • Systolic ... - Other • Anemia ... #Algorithm #Causes
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	-
HTN - Vasculitis ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... : - Anemia • ... Pain #dyspnea #sob ... #causes #pulmonary
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Algorithm Pulmonary ... Dysfunction: • Systolic ... PulmonaryHypertension #PHTN ... #Algorithm #Causes
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Chronic hemolytic anemia ... multifactorial mechanisms Hematologic ... #Hypertension #PHTN ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Causes
Palpitations - Differential Diagnosis Framework

What?
• It is an unpleasant awareness or sensation that the heart is
failure • Mitral valve ... Mechanical prosthetic valve ... Anticholinergics Systemic ... Pheochromocytoma • Pulmonary ... Hyperthyroidism • Anemia
Giant cell arteritis (GCA)

Giant cell arteritis (GCA) definition: Most common systemic inflammatory vasculitis in older adults
or sed rate): Value ... complaints- anemia ... identifies 85 to 95% of cases ... initiating steroids, so ... them, but urgent rheumatology
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Algorithm Polycythemia ... an underlying cause ... that a one-off value ... why are there so ... frequently affected systems
Cutaneous Mucormycosis Eschar
30 M HIV cd4 10 VL 30k traumatic injury of arm few months ago
Diagnosis? ... hem CA, HSCT, SOT ... trauma, aplastic anemia ... wide excision & systemic ... Mucormycosis #Eschar #dermatology