Differential Diagnosis Flashcards
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COPD
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Asthma Congestive heart failure Bronchiectasis (airways become abnormally widened resulting in build up of excess mucus making lungs more susceptible to infection) Allergic fibrosing alveolitis Pneumoconiosis Asbestosis
2
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Asthma
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Pulmonary oedema COPD (may co-exist) Large airway obstruction caused by foreign body/tumour Pneumothorax Bronchiectasis
3
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
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Infection Connective tissue disorders causing interstitial lung disease Pulmonary fibrosis Asthma Drug-induced interstitial lung disease
4
Q
Bronchiectasis
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COPD, Asthma, TB, Chronic sinusitis, Cough due to acid reflux, Pneumonia, Pulmonary fibrosis, Cancer, Inhalation of foreign body
5
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Sarcoidosis
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Rheumatoid arthritis, lymphoma, metastatic malignancy, TB, lung cancer, SLE, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis & multiple myeloma
6
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Pulmonary fibrosis
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COPD Asthma Bronchiectasis Congestive heart failure Atypical pneumonia Lung cancer Asbestosis Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
7
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Pulmonary hypertension
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Cor pulmonale Cardiomyopathies (diseases of heart muscle) Primary right ventricular heart failure Congestive cardiac failure Portal hypertension
8
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Pneumothorax
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Pleural effusion
Chest pain
Pulmonary embolism
9
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What is Goodpastures syndrome
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co-existence of acute glomerulonephritis and pulmonary alveolar haemorrhage and the presence of circulating antibodies directed against an intrinsic antigen to the basement membrane of both kidney and lung
10
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Goodpastures syndrome differential diagnosis
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Idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis
SLE
Rheumatoid arthritis
11
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Wegeners granulomatosis
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Churg-Strauss syndrome
12
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Pulmonary thromboembolus
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Asthma COPD MI Pneumonia Heart failure
13
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Pneumonia
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TB
Lung cancer
