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4 categories of an upper airway cough
Inflammatory, Neoplastic, Allergic, Other
Inflammatory ddx of upper airway cough
Pharyngitis, Tonsilitis, Tracheobronchitis, Chronic bronchitis, allergic bronchitis, bronchiectasis, Collapsed trachea, Oslerus osleri infection.
Neoplastic ddx of upper airway cough
Mediastinal, Laryngeal, tracheal.
Allergic ddx of upper airway cough
Bronchial asthma
Other ddx of upper airway cough (besides inflamm, neoplastic, or allergic)
Bronchial compression: left atrial enlargement, hilar lymphadenopathy; Foreign body; Inhalation, Tracheal stenosis.
Categories of lower respiratory cough
Inflammatory, Parasitic, neoplasia, cardiovascular, noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, Allergic, and other.
Inflammatory categories of lower resp cough
Pneumonia, Granuloma, abscess, chronic pulmonary fibrosis
Pneumonia ddx for a lower resp cough
Bacterial, viral (canine distemper virus), Fungal (blastomycosis, histoplasmosis, coccidioidomycosis), Protozoal (toxoplasmosis, pneumocystis)
Parasitic ddx for lower resp cough
Heartworm, Lungworm (aelurostrongylus abstrusus, Paragonimus kellicotti, Crenosoma vulpis, Angiostrongylus vasorum)
Neoplastic ddx for lower resp cough
Primary or metastatic, lymphoma
Cardiovascular ddx for lower resp cough
Left sided heart failure: pulmonary edema, Pulmonary thromboembolism
Allergic ddx for lower resp cough
Eosinophilic pneumonitis, Eosinophilic pulmonary granulomatosis, Pulmonary infiltrate with eosinophils (PIE)
Broad categories for Dyspnea
Inspiratory dyspnea vs expiratory/mixed dyspnea
Categories for inspiratory dyspnea
Nasal obstruction, Pharyngeal or Laryngeal disease, Extrathoracic trachea.
Nasal obstruction ddx for inspiratory dyspnea
Rhinitis, neoplasia, stenotic nares, Nasal foreign body, Thick nasal discharge of any etiology.