dyspnea

Question 1

common diagnoses of acute dyspnea

Answer 1

pneumonia
congestive heart failure
acute asthma or COPD exacerbation
PE
pneumothorax (especially in suddenly worsening dyspnea in an asthmatic)
foreign body apsiration
hyperventilation
DKA or other metabolic process

Question 2

common diagnoses in chronic dyspnea

Answer 2

anameia
hyperthyroidism
obesity or deconditioning
chest wall pathology
neuromuscular disease
asthma
acute bronchitis
COPD
CHF
dyspnea NYD
anxiety
URI
pneumonia
acute laryngitis/trachitis
ischaemic heart diseaase
lung malignancy
PE