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Breathlessness - Coggle Diagram
Breathlessness
causes
COPD
asthma
PE
covid
anxiety
Heart failure
renal failure
sepsis
cancer
anaemia
pnuemothorax
heart attack
AF/palpitations
respiratory acidosis
DKA
abdo pathology
GBS
HX taking
orthopnea
sputum
palpitations
cough
onset/duration
wheeze
oedema
alleviating factors
pallor
medical hx
exacerbating factors
chest pain/pleuritic pain
MSK pain(shoulder/jaw)
fever
hoarseness
dysphasia
new lumps
investigations
resp examination
peak flows
oxygen saturations
sputum sample
bloods - FBC, BNP, CRP, TFT, ESR, bone profile, glucose, LFTs, U&Es
refer for ECG/CXR
USOC referral?
lymphadenopathy
observations
resp 12-20
Sp04 above 94 or between 88-92 for COPD
heart rate 60-100
red flags
exhaustion
unilateral leg swelling
silent chest
trachea deviation
stridor
night sweats
chest pain
haemoptysis
altered mental state
weight loss