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Common Respiratory Problems - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Acute (minutes to hours)
        
        Parenchymal disease (e.g. pneumonia)
        
        Heart disease (e.g. LVF, MI)
        
        Hyperventilation syndrome
        
        Pulmonary embolism
        
        Metabolic acidosis
        
        Airways disease (e.g. asthma)
      - Gradual (days)
        
        Lobar collapse (e.g. lung cancer)
        
        Many of the above and:
        
        Pleural effusion
        
        SVC obstruction
      - Instantaneous
        
        Pulmonary embolism
        
        Pneumothorax
      - Chronic (months to years)
        
        Bronchiectasis
        
        PVD (e.g. chronic thromboembolism)
        
        COPD
        
        Hypoventilation (e.g. chest wall deformity)
        
        General (e.g. anemia, thyrotoxicosis)
        
        Some of the above and:
  - - - Gastrointestinal
        
        GERD
      - Central nervous system
        
        Aspiration (stroke)
      - Cardiovascular
        
        LVF
        
        Mitral stenosis
      - Drug induced
        
        ACE inhibitors
      - Respiratory
        
        Sinus disease
        
        Irritant
        
        Infection
        
        Pleural disease
- - - - Viral: rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, adenovirus, and coronavirus
      - Bacterial: group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus or GABHS (most common)
- - - - Bacterial: Group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (most common: 5% to 36%)
      - Viral (50% to 80%): rhinovirus, influenza, adenovirus, coron avirus, and parainfluenza (most common)