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Acute Dyspnea - Coggle Diagram
Acute Dyspnea
Features of stable patients
Pneumonia
Cough
Asthma
Epiglottitis
Severe sore throat
Pleuritic chest pain:
Pericarditis
Pneumonia
Pulmonary embolism
Pneumothorax
Congestive heart failure
Edema
Orthopnea
PND
Tobacco use
COPD
CHF
Pulmonary embolism
Aspiration
Indigestion
Dysphagia
GERD
Croup
Barking cough
Other causes
upper airway obstruction
neuromuscular condition.
psychogenic disorder
metabolic acidosis
Differential Diagnosis in children
bronchiolitis,
epiglottitis
croup
foreign body aspiration
Features of unstable patients
Hypotension, altered mental status, hypoxia, or unstable arrhythmia.
Stridor and breathing effort without air movement (suspect upper airway obstruction).
Unilateral tracheal deviation, hypotension, and unilateral breath sounds (suspect tension pneumothorax)
Respiratory rate above 40 breaths per minute, retractions, cyanosis, low oxygen saturation.