Dyspnea
DDx
Acute
- Asthma, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, pulmonary embolus, metabolic acidosis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, panic attack
- Airflow obstruction (asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, upper airway obstruction), restrictive lung disease (interstitial lung disease, pleural thickening or effusion, respiratory muscle weakness, obesity), pneumonia, pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, aspiration, acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure, valvular obstruction, arrhythmia, cardiac tamponade
- Acidosis, hypercapnia, sepsis
- Anemia, methemoglobinemia
- Anxiety
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Dyspnea." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114552/all/Dyspnea.
Zeiger RFR. Dyspnea. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114552/all/Dyspnea. Accessed August 31, 2024.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Dyspnea. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114552/all/Dyspnea
Zeiger RFR. Dyspnea [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2024 August 31]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114552/all/Dyspnea.
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