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Inability to complete sentences in one breath implies severe breathlessness, differentials:<br><br><font color= | <div>Inability to complete sentences in one breath implies severe breathlessness, differentials:<br><br><font color=#ff007f>1. Wheezing?</font> Differentials: asthma, COPD exacerbation, heart failure (cardiac asthma), anaphylaxis.<br><br><font color=#ff007f>2. Stridor?</font> Differentials: upper airway obstruction from foreign body or tumour, acute epiglottitis, anaphylaxis, trauma.<br><br><font color=#ff007f>3. Crepitations?</font> Differentials: heart failure, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, fibrosis.<br><br><font color=#ff007f>4. Clear chest?</font> Differentials: PE, hyperventilation, metabolic acidosis (diabetic ketoacidosis), anaemia, drugs (salicylates), shock ('air hunger'), CNS causes.<br><br><font color=#ff007f>5. Pleural causes?</font> Differentials: pneumothorax, pleural effusion.<br><br><font color=#ff007f>6. Investigations:</font> baseline obs, ABG, CXR, ECG, baseline bloods. <br><br> | ||
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Revision as of 11:50, 15 December 2022
Inability to complete sentences in one breath implies severe breathlessness, differentials:
1. Wheezing? Differentials: asthma, COPD exacerbation, heart failure (cardiac asthma), anaphylaxis.
2. Stridor? Differentials: upper airway obstruction from foreign body or tumour, acute epiglottitis, anaphylaxis, trauma.
3. Crepitations? Differentials: heart failure, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, fibrosis.
4. Clear chest? Differentials: PE, hyperventilation, metabolic acidosis (diabetic ketoacidosis), anaemia, drugs (salicylates), shock ('air hunger'), CNS causes.
5. Pleural causes? Differentials: pneumothorax, pleural effusion.
6. Investigations: baseline obs, ABG, CXR, ECG, baseline bloods.
1. Wheezing? Differentials: asthma, COPD exacerbation, heart failure (cardiac asthma), anaphylaxis.
2. Stridor? Differentials: upper airway obstruction from foreign body or tumour, acute epiglottitis, anaphylaxis, trauma.
3. Crepitations? Differentials: heart failure, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, fibrosis.
4. Clear chest? Differentials: PE, hyperventilation, metabolic acidosis (diabetic ketoacidosis), anaemia, drugs (salicylates), shock ('air hunger'), CNS causes.
5. Pleural causes? Differentials: pneumothorax, pleural effusion.
6. Investigations: baseline obs, ABG, CXR, ECG, baseline bloods.
Reference(s)
Longmore, Murray; Wilkinson, Ian; Baldwin, Andrew; Wallin, Elizabeth. Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine - Mini Edition (Oxford Medical Handbooks) (p. 796). OUP Oxford. Kindle Edition.
