Ravi Singh K @rav7ks · 4 years ago
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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea: • Myocardium: - Heart failure - CAD/ACS - Valvulopathy • Electrical: -
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Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
	- Arrhythmia
		- Too fast
		- Too slow
 • Pericardium:
	- Constrictive
	- Tamponade

Pulmonary Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Airways:
	- Asthma
	- COPD
	- Bronchiectasis
 • Parenchyma: ILD
 • Alveoli:
	- Water
	- Pus
	- Blood
 • Pleura:
	- Effusion
	- Pneumothorax
 • Vasculature:
	- PE
	- Pulmonary HTN
	- Vasculitis
	- Hepatopulmonary syndrome

Other Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Chest Wall:
	- Kyphoscoliosis
	- Obesity
	- Flail chest
 • Neuromuscular:
	- Myasthenia
	- Guillain Barre
	- ALS
	- Transverse myelitis
 • Hematology:
	- Anemia
 • Additional:
	- Acidosis
	- T4
	- Anxiety
	- Deconditioning
	- Pain

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Ravi Singh K @rav7ks · 4 years ago
Academic Hospitalist and Program Director @SinaiBmoreIMRes, Medicine clerkship director GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences RMC at Sinai, Clinical reasoning,Simulation and POCUS enthusiast - https://twitter.com/rav7ks
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