Diagnosaurus
Shortness of breath and fever
DDx
- Pneumonia
- Asthma with URI
- Aspiration pneumonia
- Bronchitis, especially in smokers
- Coccidiomycosis
- Tuberculosis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Lung malignancy
- Sepsis
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pulmonary infiltrates with eosinophilia
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Shortness of Breath and Fever." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/115078/all/Shortness_of_breath_and_fever.
Zeiger RFR. Shortness of breath and fever. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/115078/all/Shortness_of_breath_and_fever. Accessed July 17, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Shortness of breath and fever. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/115078/all/Shortness_of_breath_and_fever
Zeiger RFR. Shortness of Breath and Fever [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 July 17]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/115078/all/Shortness_of_breath_and_fever.
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