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 #dyspnea #sob #differential #diagnosis #causes #pulmonary
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