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    Dyspnea

    Dyspnea is a topic covered in the Diagnosaurus.

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    Acute

    • Asthma, pneumonia, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, pulmonary embolus, metabolic acidosis, acute respiratory distress syndrome, panic attack
    Pulmonary
    • 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
    Cardiac
    • Myocardial ischemia, congestive heart failure, valvular obstruction, arrhythmia, cardiac tamponade
    Metabolic
    • Acidosis, hypercapnia, sepsis
    Hematologic
    • Anemia, methemoglobinemia
    Psychiatric
    • Anxiety

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    Last updated: December 1, 2014

    Citation

    Zeiger, Roni F.. "Dyspnea." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114552/all/Dyspnea.
    Zeiger RF. Dyspnea. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114552/all/Dyspnea. Accessed April 18, 2019.
    Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Dyspnea. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114552/all/Dyspnea
    Zeiger RF. Dyspnea [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2019 April 18]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114552/all/Dyspnea.
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