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The mainstay of treatment for secondary adrenal insufficiency is identifying and treating the underlying cause and replacement of deficient hormones which is mainly cortisol in this case.<ref name="pmid27810905">{{cite journal |vauthors=Gan EH, Pearce SH |title=MANAGEMENT OF ENDOCRINE DISEASE: Regenerative therapies in autoimmune Addison's disease |journal=Eur. J. Endocrinol. |volume=176 |issue=3 |pages=R123–R135 |year=2017 |pmid=27810905 |doi=10.1530/EJE-16-0581 |url=}}</ref>
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*'''Adrenal crisis''' is mainly seen with primary adrenal insufficiency or Addison's disease. However, it can also manifest in secondary or tertiary adrenal insufficiency in the events of acute illnesses.<ref name="pmid25138826">{{cite journal |vauthors=Inder WJ, Meyer C, Hunt PJ |title=Management of hypertension and heart failure in patients with Addison's disease |journal=Clin. Endocrinol. (Oxf) |volume=82 |issue=6 |pages=789–92 |year=2015 |pmid=25138826 |doi=10.1111/cen.12592 |url=}}</ref>
===Acute secondary adrenal insufficiency or adrenal crisis management===
The mainstay of treatment includes [[Corticosteroids|glucocorticosteroids]] and supportive therapy.<ref name="pmid24766944">{{cite journal |vauthors=Tucci V, Sokari T |title=The clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment of adrenal emergencies |journal=Emerg. Med. Clin. North Am. |volume=32 |issue=2 |pages=465–84 |year=2014 |pmid=24766944 |doi=10.1016/j.emc.2014.01.006 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid24755997">{{cite journal |vauthors=Napier C, Pearce SH |title=Current and emerging therapies for Addison's disease |journal=Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=147–53 |year=2014 |pmid=24755997 |doi=10.1097/MED.0000000000000067 |url=}}</ref>
*Maintain [[airway]], [[breathing]], and [[circulation]].
*[[Normal saline]] 0.9% or 5% [[dextrose]] in [[normal saline]] should be administered to correct [[hypotension]] and [[dehydration]].
*Supplementation of adequate [[glucocorticoids]].
*Careful monitoring of blood pressure, fluid status, and serum [[sodium]] and [[potassium]] levels should be maintained.
*Hypotension seen in secondary adrenal insufficiency is due to loss of vasomotor tone and not mainly due volume loss.
===Longterm management===
The long-term treatment goal is to maintain normal [[blood pressure]], [[blood glucose]], and fluid volume, and a sense of well-being in the patient.<ref name="pmid24031090">{{cite journal |vauthors=Grossman A, Johannsson G, Quinkler M, Zelissen P |title=Therapy of endocrine disease: Perspectives on the management of adrenal insufficiency: clinical insights from across Europe |journal=Eur. J. Endocrinol. |volume=169 |issue=6 |pages=R165–75 |year=2013 |pmid=24031090 |pmc=3805018 |doi=10.1530/EJE-13-0450 |url=}}</ref>
*Adequate daily supplementation of [[glucocorticoid]] to mimic normal physiology.
*Supplementation of ACTH and other pituitary hormones in case of hypopituitarism. The replacement of thyroid hormone without replacing glucocorticoid can cause adrenal insufficiency.
*Advise patients on [[medication]] for minor illness (febrile illness or emesis) to double or triple their usual dose of [[glucocorticoid]]. In case of severe illness, they should inject themselves with a large dose of [[glucocorticoid]] and seek immediate medical attention.<ref name="pmid23177474">{{cite journal |vauthors=Napier C, Pearce SH |title=Autoimmune Addison's disease |journal=Presse Med |volume=41 |issue=12 P 2 |pages=e626–35 |year=2012 |pmid=23177474 |doi=10.1016/j.lpm.2012.09.010 |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid22907517">{{cite journal |vauthors=Quinkler M |title=[Addison's disease] |language=German |journal=Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed |volume=107 |issue=6 |pages=454–9 |year=2012 |pmid=22907517 |doi=10.1007/s00063-012-0112-3 |url=}}</ref>


{{CMG}}; {{AE}}


==Differential diagnosis==
span style="font-size:85%">'''Abbreviations:'''
AP= Anteroposterior, CXR= [[Chest X-ray]], CT= [[Computed tomography]], ABG= [[Arterial blood gas]], V/Q= [[Ventilation/perfusion scan]] , EKG= [[Electrocardiogram]], COPD= [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]], BNP= [[Brain natriuretic peptide]], DVT= [[Deep vein thrombosis]], HRCT= [[High Resolution CT]], IgE= [[Immunoglobulin E]]</span> 
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[[Seizure|<nowiki/>]]
{| style="border: 0px; font-size: 90%; margin: 3px;" align="center"
! colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Causes of cyanosis
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Cyanosis
| colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Clinical manifestations/association'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Diagnosis
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional
findings
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Symptoms'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Signs
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
|-
! rowspan="13" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Respiratory
! rowspan="5" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Airway
disorder
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Severe [[croup]]<ref name="Cherry20082">{{cite journal|last1=Cherry|first1=James D.|title=Croup|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=358|issue=4|year=2008|pages=384–391|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMcp072022}}</ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Audible [[stridor]] at rest
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Lymphocytosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:
*[[Steeple sign]]
Lateral neck X ray:
*Distended [[hypopharynx]] during [[inspiration]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Croupy cough and [[stridor]]
*Intercostal, subcostal retractions
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Epiglottitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[Stridor]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Leukocytosis]] with [[neutrophilia]]
*Blood cultures
*Throat culture in intubated patients
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Lateral neck X ray
*[[Thumbprint sign]] (swollen epiglottis)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Laryngoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Sore Throat]]
*[[Dysphagia]]
*[[Odynophagia]]
*Muffled voice


<span style="font-size:85%">'''Abbreviations:'''
AP= Anteroposterior, CXR= [[Chest X-ray]], CT= [[Computed tomography]], ABG= [[Arterial blood gas]], V/Q= [[Ventilation/perfusion scan]] , EKG= [[Electrocardiogram]], COPD= [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]], BNP= [[Brain natriuretic peptide]], DVT= [[Deep vein thrombosis]], HRCT= [[High Resolution CT]], IgE= [[Immunoglobulin E]]</span> 
{| align="center"
|-
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[[Seizure|<nowiki/>]]
{| style="border: 0px; font-size: 90%; margin: 3px;" align="center"
! colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Causes of cyanosis
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Cyanosis
| colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Clinical manifestations/association'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Diagnosis
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional
findings
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Symptoms'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Signs
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
|-
! rowspan="13" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Respiratory
! rowspan="5" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Airway
disorder
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Severe [[croup]]<ref name="Cherry20082">{{cite journal|last1=Cherry|first1=James D.|title=Croup|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=358|issue=4|year=2008|pages=384–391|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMcp072022}}</ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Audible [[stridor]] at rest
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Lymphocytosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:
*[[Steeple sign]]
Lateral neck X ray:
*Distended [[hypopharynx]] during [[inspiration]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Croupy cough and [[stridor]]
*Intercostal, subcostal retractions
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Epiglottitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[Stridor]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Leukocytosis]] with [[neutrophilia]]
*Blood cultures
*Throat culture in intubated patients
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Lateral neck X ray
*[[Thumbprint sign]] (swollen epiglottis)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Laryngoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Sore Throat]]
*[[Dysphagia]]
*[[Odynophagia]]
*Muffled voice
*Drooling
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Foreign body aspiration]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Decreased breath sounds
*[[Wheezing]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[ABG|ABGs]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*Hyperinflation (children)
*[[Atelectasis]] (adults)
*Objects
[[CT scan]]
*Foreign body
*Entrapment with [[edema]] or [[granulation tissue]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Bronchoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Complications:
*Inflammation
*[[Mediastinitis]]
*Local [[emphysema]]
*[[Atelectasis]]
*Cyanosis
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Bacterial tracheitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Inspiratory [[stridor]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Blood cultures]]
*[[Gram stain]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Lateral neck X ray
*Confusing
*[[Steeple sign]]
*Irregular tracheal margin
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Laryngotracheo[[Bronchoscopy|-bronchoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Brassy cough
*Retractions
*No drooling
*Hoarseness
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
! rowspan="5" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Parenchymal
disorder
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Pneumonia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Reduced breath sounds
*Rales, [[crackles]], wheeze
*[[Pleural friction rub]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[ABG|ABGs]]
*Leukocytosis
*Pancytopenia
*[[Hyponatremia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*CXR
*CT chest
*Bronchoscopy
*Sputum culture and gram stain
*Blood cultures
*Urine antigen
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Tachycardia]]
*[[Bradycardia]]  ([[Legionella]])
*[[CURB-65]]
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Asthma]]
(Late)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔ in [[interstitial lung disease]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*End expiratory [[wheeze]]
*Absent [[wheeze]] and breath sounds in severe form
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[ABG]]
*[[Eosinophilia]]
*[[IgE]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*to rule out other diagnosis
*complications like pneumonia, [[atelactasis]]
HRCT
*[[Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis]]
*[[Bronchiectasis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Reversible obstructive disease
*[[Peak expiratory flow]] measurement is easy and very helpful
*[[GERD]] is a cause in case of refractory asthma.
*Triad of [[asthma]], [[nasal polyps]] and [[rash]] is indicative of [[Aspirin desensitization|aspirin sensitivity]].
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Cystic fibrosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |when infected
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[Wheeze]] or crackles
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Sputum stain and culture
*[[Sweat test]]
*Genetic test for [[CFTR (gene)]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*Hyperinflation
*Peribronchial thickening
*Nodules
*[[Bronchiectasis]]
HRCT for detecting lung changes
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Sweat test
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Usually present since birth
*Recurrent pneumonia
*Recurrent wheezing
*Recurrent sinusitis
*Gastrointestinal manifestations
**[[Meconium ileus]]
**[[Pancreatic insufficiency]]
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[COPD]]
(Severe [[emphysema]])
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Reduced breath sounds
*Prolonged  expiration
*[[Wheeze]]
*Inspiratory [[crackles]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Hematocrit]]
*[[ABG]]
*Sputum staining and culture
*[[Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency laboratory tests|Alpha 1-antitrypsin test]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*Elongated heart
*Flattening of diaphragms
*Prominent hilar vasculature
HRCT
*Bullae
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*HRCT
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Pulmonary hypertension]]
*[[Right heart failure]]
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
! rowspan="2" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Pulmonary vascular disorders
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Massive [[pulmonary embolism]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Reduced breath sounds
*Rales, crackles
*Loud [[P2]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[ABG|ABGs]]
*D-dimer
*EKG
*[[BNP]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*CXR
*V/Q scan
*Spiral [[CT pulmonary angiogram]]
*Venous ultrasound for [[DVT]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Spiral [[CT pulmonary angiogram]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Tachycardia]]
*[[Shock]]
*[[Pulmonary hypertension]] can occur
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Pulmonary arterio-venous malformation]]<ref name="pmid119300212">{{cite journal |vauthors=Khurshid I, Downie GH |title=Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation |journal=Postgrad Med J |volume=78 |issue=918 |pages=191–7 |year=2002 |pmid=11930021 |pmc=1742331 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid195683982">{{cite journal |vauthors=Doshi HM, Robinson S, Chalhoub T, Jack S, Denison A, Gibson G |title=Massive spontaneous hemothorax during the immediate postpartum period |journal=Tex Heart Inst J |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=247–9 |year=2009 |pmid=19568398 |pmc=2696501 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15541322">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chanatry BJ |title=Acute hemothorax owing to pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in pregnancy |journal=Anesth. Analg. |volume=74 |issue=4 |pages=613–5 |year=1992 |pmid=1554132 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Pulmonary bruit
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[CBC]]
*[[ABG]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*Round/oval mass
**lobulated
**well defined
*Connecting vessel in hilum
*[[Hemothorax]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Pulmonary angiography]]
*Contrast [[echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Classic triad of [[dyspnea on exertion]], [[cyanosis]] and [[clubbing]]
*[[Cerebral arteriovenous malformation]]
*[[Pregnancy]] can increase the size
|-
! rowspan="2" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Chest <br> wall disorders
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Flail chest]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! rowspan="13" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Cardiovascular
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Pneumothorax]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Decreased breath sounds
*[[Wheezing]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
[[Atrioventricular canal defect (patient information)|Atrioventricular canal defect]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +


| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]


| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, Increased pulmonary vascular markings)


*[[Echocardiography]]
*[[MRI]]
*[[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
** [[Echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Ebstein anomaly]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Tetralogy of Fallot]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (systolic)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[CXR]] (Boot shaped heart, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)


*[[Echocardiography]]
*[[MRI]]
*[[Cardiac catheterization]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Pulmonic stenosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (systolic)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage|Total anomalous pulmonary]]  [[Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage|venous connection]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (Systolic)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (normal heart size and venous congestion but in patients without obstruction have cardiomegaly and increased pulmonary blood flow.)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Transposition of the great vessels]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, increased pulmonary vascular markings)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Truncus arteriosus]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |sys/±dias
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, increased pulmonary vascular markings)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! rowspan="4" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Heart failure]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
([[S3]])
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* Complete metabolic profile
* Cardiac enzymes
* BNP
* [[Thyroid function tests|Thyroid profile]]
* [[Renal function tests]]
* EKG
* [[Exercise stress testing|Exercise stress test]]
* [[ABG|ABG's]]
* [[Lipid profile]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* CXR
** Increase in heart size compared to the old film.
** Pleural fluid
** Interstitial edema
* Echocardiography
* Angiography
* Cardiac MRI
* Nuclear imaging
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Endomyocardial biopsy can be used when a specific diagnosis is suspected that would influence therapy in heart failure patients.
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Valvular heart disease]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[Complete metabolic profile]]
* [[Cardiac enzymes]]
* [[BNP]]
* [[Thyroid profile]]
* [[Renal function tests]]
* [[EKG]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]]
** To assess pulomary congestion or other lung pathology.
* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[Doppler echocardiography]]
* [[Angiography]]
** To assess the need for concomitant coronary artery bypass surgery in elderly people.
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Myocardial infarction]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CBC
* [[Complete metabolic profile
* [[Cardiac enzymes
* [[BNP]]
* [[Thyroid profile]]
* [[Renal function tests]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Lipid profile]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]]
** Normal or may show signs of [[CHF]]
* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[Angiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="5" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Central Nervous system
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Methemoglobinemia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[Peripheral smear]]
* [[Complete metabolic profile]]
* [[Hemoglobin electrophoresis]]
* [[Serum nitrite levels]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
* [[ABG's]]
* [[Drug screen]]
* [[LDH]]
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* [[CXR]]
* [[EKG]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Family history of methemoglobinemia or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is important to determine.
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Polycythemia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
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* [[CBC]]
** Raised all cell lines in primary and only raised erythrocytes in secondary polycythemia
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
* [[Erythropoietin levels (EPO)]]
* [[Ferritin levels]]
* [[ABG's]]
* [[Increased leukocyte alkaline phosphatase]]
* [[B12 levels]]
* [[JAK 2 mutation]]
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* [[CXR]]
* [[EKG]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Tenderness in the sternum may indicate transformation to acute myeloid leukemia and should be properly investigated.
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Breath holding spells
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
{| class="wikitable"
|✔
|}
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* No confirmatory study
* [[CBC]]
* [[Serum ferritin]]
* [[Blood lead level]]
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* video-EEG monitoring can be use in non diagnostic cases.
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Cyanotic breath-holding spells most commonly occur around 1 year of age with a range of six months to four years.
* Iron deficiency anemia is more prevalent in children with breath-holding spells. 
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Miscellaneous
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Shock]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (septic shock)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (Cardiogenic shock)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Complete metabolic profile]]
* [[CBC]]
* [[Cardiac enzymes]]
* [[ABG's]]
* [[Lactate]]
* [[BNP]]
* [[Renal function tests]]
* [[Coagulation studies and D-dimer level]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[Chest radiography]]
* [[Angiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Smoke inhalation
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |<nowiki>+</nowiki>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*  [[CBC]]
[[Electrolytes]]


Patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency should receive evaluation and adequate replacement for other pituitary hormone deficiencies. Replacement of thyroid hormone without replacement of glucocorticoids can precipitate acute adrenal insufficiency.
[[BUN and CR]],
●Patients with hypopituitarism who have partial or total ACTH deficiency and are receiving suboptimal cortisol or cortisone replacement may be at risk of developing symptoms of cortisol deficiency when growth hormone therapy is initiated. This is due to the inhibitory effect of growth hormone on 11-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1, the enzyme that converts cortisone to cortisol [35].
Illness or surgery — Cortisol secretion normally increases with the stress of illness and surgery. This fact has prompted the usual clinical practice of giving higher doses of glucocorticoid to patients with adrenal insufficiency in these situations. Unfortunately, there is little information about how much additional glucocorticoid is needed.


Illness — During minor illnesses, such as upper respiratory infections, the patient can increase the dose of glucocorticoid to two to three times the usual daily dose for three days without consulting a clinician (known as the 3 x 3 rule). The increased dose will decrease fever and malaise and will not compromise the immune response. If the illness becomes worse during the three days or if the patient cannot resume the usual maintenance dose on the fourth day, he or she should consult a clinician to determine if other treatment (eg, antibiotics) is indicated.
[[Lactate levels]]


As described below, patients with nausea and vomiting who are unable to retain oral medications should have a low threshold for injecting glucocorticoid. Further medical attention should then be sought. (See 'Emergency precautions' below.)
[[Toxicology screen]]


Surgery — The appropriate dose and timing of glucocorticoids for patients undergoing surgery is controversial. Early reports of death after surgery led to a recommendation to give glucocorticoids in doses equivalent to 1000 mg of hydrocortisone daily [46]. This is clearly in excess of the increased production of up to 200 mg daily. Prolonged postoperative pharmacologic glucocorticoid therapy can mask symptoms and signs of infection and cause undesirable side effects. For example, traditional doses of 300 to 400 mg hydrocortisone for a few days can cause significant hypokalemia and edema. (See "The management of the surgical patient taking glucocorticoids".)
[[CO-oximetry]] 
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** [[CXR]]
** [[ECG]]
** [[Serial cardiac enzymes]] (in patients with chest pain)\
** [[Pulmonary function testing]]
** [[Direct laryngoscopy and fiberoptic bronchoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* CO toxicity should be suspected in any patient who presents following smoke inhalation unless co-oximetry shows normal carboxyhemoglobin.
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Cold exposure
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Fingerstick glucose]] (Hyperglycemia)
*[[Electrocardiogram]] (ECG) may show J wave, sinus bradycardia and prolongation of all ECG intervals.  


Current recommendations for glucocorticoid supplementation at surgery take into account the severity of the operation and suggest lower daily doses [46,47]. For minor procedures such as herniorrhaphy, a dose equivalent to hydrocortisone 25 mg is suggested for the day of operation only, with a return to the usual replacement dose on the second day. For moderate surgical stress (eg, cholecystectomy, joint replacement), divided intravenous (IV) doses equivalent to hydrocortisone 50 to 75 mg are suggested on the day of surgery and the first postoperative day, with a return to the usual dose on the second postoperative day (using oral or IV preparation as appropriate). The authors suggest a total daily dose equivalent to 100 to 150 mg hydrocortisone for major surgical procedures (eg, cardiac bypass) given in divided doses for two to three days, then returning to the usual dose. Alternatively, the dose used on the day of surgery can be halved on postoperative day one. (See "The management of the surgical patient taking glucocorticoids".)
*[[Serum electrolytes]] (including potassium and calcium)


Emergency precautions — The major risk to the patient with adrenal insufficiency is the lack of a normal serum cortisol response to stress and, in patients with primary adrenal insufficiency, of a normal renin-angiotensin-aldosterone response to hypovolemia. Consequently, the patient must anticipate these situations and be prepared to modify therapy to meet these needs.
*[[BUN and creatinine]]


Every patient should wear a medical alert (Medic Alert) bracelet or necklace and carry the Emergency Medical Information Card that is supplied with it. Both should indicate the diagnosis, the daily medications and doses, and the clinician to call in the event of an emergency.
*[[Serum hemoglobin]], [[white blood cell]], and [[platelet]] counts ( Raised HCT due to volume contraction)


Each patient should have injectable glucocorticoid, such as 100 mg vials of hydrocortisone (Solu-Cortef) or 4 mg vials of dexamethasone, along with vials of sterile 0.9 percent normal saline and syringes. The patient and one or more responsible family or household members should be instructed on how to reconstitute and inject the medication subcutaneously or intramuscularly anywhere on the patient's body if any of the following occur:
*[[Coagulation profile]] acidosis)


●An injury with substantial blood loss (more than a cup) or fracture
*[[Creatine kinase]] (Rhabdomylosis)
●Nausea and vomiting and inability to retain oral medications
●Symptoms of acute adrenal insufficiency
●The patient is found unresponsive
The entire dose of medication should be injected (100 mg of hydrocortisone or 4 mg dexamethasone). Patient and family instruction should include the need to get medical help immediately after the injection. The patient should be instructed to have a low threshold for injecting the glucocorticoid: if it might be necessary, it should be injected and medical attention should be sought. It is unlikely, however, that a patient will need the injectable glucocorticoid more than two or three times a year, and most patients go for years without using it.


Critical illness — Adrenal cortisol secretion increases during critical illness, but the increase may not be detected if only total serum cortisol concentrations are measured. Some critically ill patients may have "functional adrenal insufficiency," but there is currently no consensus on diagnostic criteria or indications for treatment. This topic is discussed in detail separately. (See "Glucocorticoid therapy in septic shock", section on 'Relative adrenal insufficiency' and "Evaluation of the response to ACTH in adrenal insufficiency".)
*[[Arterial blood gas]]
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* CXR
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* '''Mild hypothermia''': core temperature 32 to 35°C ; patient presents with confusion, tachycardia, and increased shivering.


*'''Moderate hypothermia''': 28 to 32°C  patient presents with lethargy, bradycardia and arrhythmia and decreased shivering.


*'''Severe hypothermia''': below 28°C patient presents with coma, hypotension, arrhythmia, pulmonary edema, and rigidity.
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{| style="border: 0px; font-size: 90%; margin: 3px;" align="center"
! colspan="3" rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Causes of cyanosis
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Cyanosis
| colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Clinical manifestations/association'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Diagnosis
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional
findings
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Symptoms'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Signs
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
|-
! rowspan="14" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Respiratory
! rowspan="5" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Airway
disorder
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Severe [[croup]]<ref name="Cherry2008">{{cite journal|last1=Cherry|first1=James D.|title=Croup|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=358|issue=4|year=2008|pages=384–391|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMcp072022}}</ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Audible [[stridor]] at rest
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Lymphocytosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:
* [[Steeple sign]]
Lateral neck X ray:
* Distended [[hypopharynx]] during [[inspiration]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Clinical diagnosis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Croupy cough and [[stridor]]
* Intercostal, subcostal retractions
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Epiglottitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[Stridor]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Leukocytosis]] with [[neutrophilia]]
* Blood cultures
* Throat culture in intubated patients
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Lateral neck X ray
* [[Thumbprint sign]] (swollen epiglottis)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Laryngoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Sore Throat]]
* [[Dysphagia]]
* [[Odynophagia]]
* Muffled voice
* Drooling




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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Coma]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
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|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Seizure|Seizure<nowiki/>s]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
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! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Head trauma
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
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! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
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! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Breath holding spells
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
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|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="4" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Miscellaneous
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Shock]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Cold exposure
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*[[Complete blood count|CBC]]
*Fingerstick glucose (Hyperglycemia)
*EKG-
**J wave
**Sinus bradycardia
**Prolongation of all ECG intervals.


*Serum electrolytes -K+ and calcium


*[[BUN]] and [[creatinine]]


*[[PT]], [[PTT]]


*S. [[lactate]]


*ABG
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*'''Mild hypothermia''': core temperature 32 to 35°C ;
**[[Confusion]]
**[[Tachycardia]]
**Increased shivering.


*'''Moderate hypothermia''': 28 to 32°C
**[[Lethargy]]
**[[Bradycardia]]
**[[Arrhythmia]]
**Decreased shivering.


*'''Severe hypothermia''': <28°C
**[[Coma]]
**[[Hypotension]]
**[[Arrhythmias|Arrhythmia]]
**[[Pulmonary edema]]
**Rigidity
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<references />


==Differential diagnosis==


<span style="font-size:85%">'''Abbreviations:'''
AP= Anteroposterior, CXR= [[Chest X-ray]], CT= [[Computed tomography]], ABG= [[Arterial blood gas]], V/Q= [[Ventilation/perfusion scan]] , EKG= [[Electrocardiogram]], COPD= [[Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease]], BNP= [[Brain natriuretic peptide]], DVT= [[Deep vein thrombosis]], HRCT= [[High Resolution CT]], IgE= [[Immunoglobulin E]]</span> 
{| align="center"
|-
|
[[Seizure|<nowiki/>]]
{| style="border: 0px; font-size: 90%; margin: 3px;" align="center"
! colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Causes of cyanosis
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Cyanosis
| colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Clinical manifestations/association'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Diagnosis
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional
findings
|-
| colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Symptoms'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Signs
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
|-
! rowspan="13" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Respiratory
! rowspan="5" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Airway
disorder
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Severe [[croup]]<ref name="Cherry20082">{{cite journal|last1=Cherry|first1=James D.|title=Croup|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=358|issue=4|year=2008|pages=384–391|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMcp072022}}</ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Audible [[stridor]] at rest
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Lymphocytosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:
*[[Steeple sign]]
Lateral neck X ray:
*Distended [[hypopharynx]] during [[inspiration]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Croupy cough and [[stridor]]
*Intercostal, subcostal retractions
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Epiglottitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[Stridor]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Leukocytosis]] with [[neutrophilia]]
*Blood cultures
*Throat culture in intubated patients
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Lateral neck X ray
*[[Thumbprint sign]] (swollen epiglottis)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Laryngoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Sore Throat]]
*[[Dysphagia]]
*[[Odynophagia]]
*Muffled voice
*Drooling
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Foreign body aspiration]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Decreased breath sounds
*[[Wheezing]]
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*[[ABG|ABGs]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*Hyperinflation (children)
*[[Atelectasis]] (adults)
*Objects
[[CT scan]]
*Foreign body
*Entrapment with [[edema]] or [[granulation tissue]]
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*[[Bronchoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Complications:
*Inflammation
*[[Mediastinitis]]
*Local [[emphysema]]
*[[Atelectasis]]
*Cyanosis
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Bacterial tracheitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Inspiratory [[stridor]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Blood cultures]]
*[[Gram stain]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Lateral neck X ray
*Confusing
*[[Steeple sign]]
*Irregular tracheal margin
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Laryngotracheo[[Bronchoscopy|-bronchoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Brassy cough
*Retractions
*No drooling
*Hoarseness
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! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
! rowspan="5" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Parenchymal
disorder
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Pneumonia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Reduced breath sounds
*Rales, [[crackles]], wheeze
*[[Pleural friction rub]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[ABG|ABGs]]
*Leukocytosis
*Pancytopenia
*[[Hyponatremia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*CXR
*CT chest
*Bronchoscopy
*Sputum culture and gram stain
*Blood cultures
*Urine antigen
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Tachycardia]]
*[[Bradycardia]]  ([[Legionella]])
*[[CURB-65]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Asthma]]
(Late)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔ in [[interstitial lung disease]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*End expiratory [[wheeze]]
*Absent [[wheeze]] and breath sounds in severe form
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[ABG]]
*[[Eosinophilia]]
*[[IgE]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*to rule out other diagnosis
*complications like pneumonia, [[atelactasis]]
HRCT
*[[Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis]]
*[[Bronchiectasis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Reversible obstructive disease
*[[Peak expiratory flow]] measurement is easy and very helpful
*[[GERD]] is a cause in case of refractory asthma.
*Triad of [[asthma]], [[nasal polyps]] and [[rash]] is indicative of [[Aspirin desensitization|aspirin sensitivity]].
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Cystic fibrosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |when infected
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[Wheeze]] or crackles
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Sputum stain and culture
*[[Sweat test]]
*Genetic test for [[CFTR (gene)]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*Hyperinflation
*Peribronchial thickening
*Nodules
*[[Bronchiectasis]]
HRCT for detecting lung changes
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Sweat test
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Usually present since birth
*Recurrent pneumonia
*Recurrent wheezing
*Recurrent sinusitis
*Gastrointestinal manifestations
**[[Meconium ileus]]
**[[Pancreatic insufficiency]]
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[COPD]]
(Severe [[emphysema]])
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Reduced breath sounds
*Prolonged  expiration
*[[Wheeze]]
*Inspiratory [[crackles]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Hematocrit]]
*[[ABG]]
*Sputum staining and culture
*[[Alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency laboratory tests|Alpha 1-antitrypsin test]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*Elongated heart
*Flattening of diaphragms
*Prominent hilar vasculature
HRCT
*Bullae
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*HRCT
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Pulmonary hypertension]]
*[[Right heart failure]]
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! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
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! rowspan="2" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Pulmonary vascular disorders
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Massive [[pulmonary embolism]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Reduced breath sounds
*Rales, crackles
*Loud [[P2]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[ABG|ABGs]]
*D-dimer
*EKG
*[[BNP]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*CXR
*V/Q scan
*Spiral [[CT pulmonary angiogram]]
*Venous ultrasound for [[DVT]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Spiral [[CT pulmonary angiogram]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Tachycardia]]
*[[Shock]]
*[[Pulmonary hypertension]] can occur
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Pulmonary arterio-venous malformation]]<ref name="pmid119300212">{{cite journal |vauthors=Khurshid I, Downie GH |title=Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation |journal=Postgrad Med J |volume=78 |issue=918 |pages=191–7 |year=2002 |pmid=11930021 |pmc=1742331 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid195683982">{{cite journal |vauthors=Doshi HM, Robinson S, Chalhoub T, Jack S, Denison A, Gibson G |title=Massive spontaneous hemothorax during the immediate postpartum period |journal=Tex Heart Inst J |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=247–9 |year=2009 |pmid=19568398 |pmc=2696501 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid15541322">{{cite journal |vauthors=Chanatry BJ |title=Acute hemothorax owing to pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in pregnancy |journal=Anesth. Analg. |volume=74 |issue=4 |pages=613–5 |year=1992 |pmid=1554132 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Pulmonary bruit
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[CBC]]
*[[ABG]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |CXR
*Round/oval mass
**lobulated
**well defined
*Connecting vessel in hilum
*[[Hemothorax]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[Pulmonary angiography]]
*Contrast [[echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*Classic triad of [[dyspnea on exertion]], [[cyanosis]] and [[clubbing]]
*[[Cerebral arteriovenous malformation]]
*[[Pregnancy]] can increase the size
|-
! rowspan="2" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Chest <br> wall disorders
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Flail chest]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! rowspan="13" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Cardiovascular
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Pneumothorax]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
*Decreased breath sounds
*[[Wheezing]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
| style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
[[Atrioventricular canal defect (patient information)|Atrioventricular canal defect]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +


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* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]


| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, Increased pulmonary vascular markings)


*[[Echocardiography]]
*[[MRI]]
*[[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
** [[Echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Ebstein anomaly]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Tetralogy of Fallot]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (systolic)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
*[[CXR]] (Boot shaped heart, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)


*[[Echocardiography]]
*[[MRI]]
*[[Cardiac catheterization]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Pulmonic stenosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (systolic)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage|Total anomalous pulmonary]]  [[Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage|venous connection]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (Systolic)
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (normal heart size and venous congestion but in patients without obstruction have cardiomegaly and increased pulmonary blood flow.)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Transposition of the great vessels]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | -
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, increased pulmonary vascular markings)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Truncus arteriosus]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |sys/±dias
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]] (Cardiac enlargement, increased pulmonary vascular markings)


* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[MRI]]
* [[Cardiac catheterization]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
! style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! rowspan="4" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Heart failure]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
([[S3]])
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
* [[CBC]]
* Complete metabolic profile
* Cardiac enzymes
* BNP
* [[Thyroid function tests|Thyroid profile]]
* [[Renal function tests]]
* EKG
* [[Exercise stress testing|Exercise stress test]]
* [[ABG|ABG's]]
* [[Lipid profile]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* CXR
** Increase in heart size compared to the old film.
** Pleural fluid
** Interstitial edema
* Echocardiography
* Angiography
* Cardiac MRI
* Nuclear imaging
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Endomyocardial biopsy can be used when a specific diagnosis is suspected that would influence therapy in heart failure patients.
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Valvular heart disease]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | ±
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[Complete metabolic profile]]
* [[Cardiac enzymes]]
* [[BNP]]
* [[Thyroid profile]]
* [[Renal function tests]]
* [[EKG]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]]
** To assess pulomary congestion or other lung pathology.
* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[Doppler echocardiography]]
* [[Angiography]]
** To assess the need for concomitant coronary artery bypass surgery in elderly people.
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Echocardiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Myocardial infarction]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CBC
* [[Complete metabolic profile
* [[Cardiac enzymes
* [[BNP]]
* [[Thyroid profile]]
* [[Renal function tests]]
* [[EKG]]
* [[Lipid profile]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]]
** Normal or may show signs of [[CHF]]
* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[Angiography]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
|-
! colspan="2" rowspan="5" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Central Nervous system
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
|-
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Methemoglobinemia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CBC]]
* [[Peripheral smear]]
* [[Complete metabolic profile]]
* [[Hemoglobin electrophoresis]]
* [[Serum nitrite levels]]
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
* [[ABG's]]
* [[Drug screen]]
* [[LDH]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[CXR]]
* [[EKG]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Family history of methemoglobinemia or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is important to determine.
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Polycythemia]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |
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* [[CBC]]
** Raised all cell lines in primary and only raised erythrocytes in secondary polycythemia
* [[Pulse oximetry]]
* [[Erythropoietin levels (EPO)]]
* [[Ferritin levels]]
* [[ABG's]]
* [[Increased leukocyte alkaline phosphatase]]
* [[B12 levels]]
* [[JAK 2 mutation]]
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* [[CXR]]
* [[EKG]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Tenderness in the sternum may indicate transformation to acute myeloid leukemia and should be properly investigated.
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Disease
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional findings
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Breath holding spells
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* No confirmatory study
* [[CBC]]
* [[Serum ferritin]]
* [[Blood lead level]]
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* video-EEG monitoring can be use in non diagnostic cases.
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* Cyanotic breath-holding spells most commonly occur around 1 year of age with a range of six months to four years.
* Iron deficiency anemia is more prevalent in children with breath-holding spells. 
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! colspan="2" rowspan="3" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Miscellaneous
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Shock]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (septic shock)
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | + (Cardiogenic shock)
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* [[Complete metabolic profile]]
* [[CBC]]
* [[Cardiac enzymes]]
* [[ABG's]]
* [[Lactate]]
* [[BNP]]
* [[Renal function tests]]
* [[Coagulation studies and D-dimer level]]
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* [[Echocardiography]]
* [[Chest radiography]]
* [[Angiography]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Smoke inhalation
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |<nowiki>+</nowiki>
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | +
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*  [[CBC]]
[[Electrolytes]]


[[BUN and CR]],


[[Lactate levels]]


[[Toxicology screen]]


[[CO-oximetry]] 
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** [[CXR]]
** [[ECG]]
** [[Serial cardiac enzymes]] (in patients with chest pain)\
** [[Pulmonary function testing]]
** [[Direct laryngoscopy and fiberoptic bronchoscopy]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* CO toxicity should be suspected in any patient who presents following smoke inhalation unless co-oximetry shows normal carboxyhemoglobin.
|-
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Cold exposure
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
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* [[Fingerstick glucose]] (Hyperglycemia)
*[[Electrocardiogram]] (ECG) may show J wave, sinus bradycardia and prolongation of all ECG intervals.


*[[Serum electrolytes]] (including potassium and calcium)


*[[BUN and creatinine]]


*[[Serum hemoglobin]], [[white blood cell]], and [[platelet]] counts ( Raised HCT due to volume contraction)


*[[Coagulation profile]] acidosis)


*[[Creatine kinase]] (Rhabdomylosis)


*[[Arterial blood gas]]
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* CXR
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* '''Mild hypothermia''': core temperature 32 to 35°C ; patient presents with confusion, tachycardia, and increased shivering.


*'''Moderate hypothermia''': 28 to 32°C  patient presents with lethargy, bradycardia and arrhythmia and decreased shivering.


*'''Severe hypothermia''': below 28°C patient presents with coma, hypotension, arrhythmia, pulmonary edema, and rigidity.
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! colspan="2" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Cyanosis
| colspan="6" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Clinical manifestations/association'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Diagnosis
! rowspan="3" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Additional
findings
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| colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |'''Symptoms'''
! colspan="3" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Signs
|-
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Central
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Dyspnea
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Fever
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Chest pain
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Clubbing
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Peripheral edema
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Auscultation
! colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" | Lab Findings
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Imaging
! style="background:#4479BA; color: #FFFFFF;" align="center" |Gold standard
|-
! rowspan="14" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Respiratory
! rowspan="5" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Airway
disorder
| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Severe [[croup]]<ref name="Cherry2008">{{cite journal|last1=Cherry|first1=James D.|title=Croup|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|volume=358|issue=4|year=2008|pages=384–391|issn=0028-4793|doi=10.1056/NEJMcp072022}}</ref>
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |Audible [[stridor]] at rest
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Lymphocytosis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:
* [[Steeple sign]]
Lateral neck X ray:
* Distended [[hypopharynx]] during [[inspiration]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Clinical diagnosis
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* Croupy cough and [[stridor]]
* Intercostal, subcostal retractions
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| colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Epiglottitis]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |✔
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |−
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" | −
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="center" |[[Stridor]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Leukocytosis]] with [[neutrophilia]]
* Blood cultures
* Throat culture in intubated patients
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |Lateral neck X ray
* [[Thumbprint sign]] (swollen epiglottis)
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* [[Laryngoscopy]]
| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #F5F5F5;" align="left" |
* [[Sore Throat]]
* [[Dysphagia]]
* [[Odynophagia]]
* Muffled voice
* Drooling








The exact incidence of HHS is not known, but it is estimated to account for <1% of hospital admissions in patients with diabetes (1)




Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Diabetes Public Health Resource: Diabetes Data & Trends. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/statistics/mortalitydka/fratedkadiabtotals.htm


Most cases of HHS are seen in elderly patients with type 2 diabetes; however, it has also been reported in children and young adults (2). The overall mortality rate is estimated to be as high as 20%, which is about 10 times higher than the mortality in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) (3–5).


The reported mortality is between 10 and 20%, which is about 10 times higher than the mortality rate in patients with diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA).
Despite the severity of this condition, no prospective, randomized studies have determined best treatment strategies in patients with HHS, and its management has largely been extrapolated from studies of patients with DKA. There are many unresolved questions that need to be addressed in prospective clinical trials regarding the pathogenesis and treatment of pediatric and adult patients with HHS.
Population-based data are not available for HHS. The rate of hospital admissions for HHS is lower than the rate for DKA, and accounts for less than 1 percent of all primary diabetic admissions [1,3-5].


The mortality rate for hyperglycemic crisis declined between 1980 and 2009


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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Seizure|Seizure<nowiki/>s]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Head trauma
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Breath holding spells
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |[[Shock]]
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Smoke inhalation
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| style="padding: 5px 5px; background: #DCDCDC;" align="center" |Cold exposure
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*[[Complete blood count|CBC]]
*Fingerstick glucose (Hyperglycemia)
*EKG-
**J wave
**Sinus bradycardia
**Prolongation of all ECG intervals.
 
*Serum electrolytes -K+ and calcium
 
*[[BUN]] and [[creatinine]]
 
*[[PT]], [[PTT]]
 
*S. [[lactate]]
 
*ABG
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*'''Mild hypothermia''': core temperature 32 to 35°C ;
**[[Confusion]]
**[[Tachycardia]]
**Increased shivering.
 
*'''Moderate hypothermia''': 28 to 32°C
**[[Lethargy]]
**[[Bradycardia]]
**[[Arrhythmia]]
**Decreased shivering.
 
*'''Severe hypothermia''': <28°C
**[[Coma]]
**[[Hypotension]]
**[[Arrhythmias|Arrhythmia]]
**[[Pulmonary edema]]
**Rigidity
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Latest revision as of 19:06, 13 June 2018


Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Differential diagnosis

span style="font-size:85%">Abbreviations: AP= Anteroposterior, CXR= Chest X-ray, CT= Computed tomography, ABG= Arterial blood gas, V/Q= Ventilation/perfusion scan , EKG= Electrocardiogram, COPD= Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BNP= Brain natriuretic peptide, DVT= Deep vein thrombosis, HRCT= High Resolution CT, IgE= Immunoglobulin E

Causes of cyanosis Disease Cyanosis Clinical manifestations/association Diagnosis Additional

findings

Symptoms Signs
Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard
Respiratory Airway

disorder

Severe croup[1] Audible stridor at rest AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:

Lateral neck X ray:

  • Croupy cough and stridor
  • Intercostal, subcostal retractions
Epiglottitis Stridor Lateral neck X ray

Abbreviations: AP= Anteroposterior, CXR= Chest X-ray, CT= Computed tomography, ABG= Arterial blood gas, V/Q= Ventilation/perfusion scan , EKG= Electrocardiogram, COPD= Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BNP= Brain natriuretic peptide, DVT= Deep vein thrombosis, HRCT= High Resolution CT, IgE= Immunoglobulin E

Causes of cyanosis Disease Cyanosis Clinical manifestations/association Diagnosis Additional

findings

Symptoms Signs
Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard
Respiratory Airway

disorder

Severe croup[1] Audible stridor at rest AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:

Lateral neck X ray:

  • Croupy cough and stridor
  • Intercostal, subcostal retractions
Epiglottitis Stridor Lateral neck X ray
Foreign body aspiration CXR

CT scan

Complications:
Bacterial tracheitis Lateral neck X ray
  • Brassy cough
  • Retractions
  • No drooling
  • Hoarseness
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Parenchymal

disorder

Pneumonia
  • CXR
  • CT chest
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Sputum culture and gram stain
  • Blood cultures
  • Urine antigen
Asthma

(Late)

✔ in interstitial lung disease
  • End expiratory wheeze
  • Absent wheeze and breath sounds in severe form
CXR
  • to rule out other diagnosis
  • complications like pneumonia, atelactasis

HRCT

Cystic fibrosis when infected Wheeze or crackles CXR

HRCT for detecting lung changes

  • Sweat test
COPD

(Severe emphysema)

  • Reduced breath sounds
  • Prolonged expiration
  • Wheeze
  • Inspiratory crackles
CXR
  • Elongated heart
  • Flattening of diaphragms
  • Prominent hilar vasculature

HRCT

  • Bullae
  • HRCT
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Pulmonary vascular disorders Massive pulmonary embolism
  • Reduced breath sounds
  • Rales, crackles
  • Loud P2
Pulmonary arterio-venous malformation[2][3][4]
  • Pulmonary bruit
CXR
  • Round/oval mass
    • lobulated
    • well defined
  • Connecting vessel in hilum
  • Hemothorax
Chest
wall disorders
Flail chest
Cardiovascular Pneumothorax
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings

Atrioventricular canal defect

+ ± +
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, Increased pulmonary vascular markings)
Ebstein anomaly + ± +
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)
Tetralogy of Fallot + ± + (systolic)
  • CXR (Boot shaped heart, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)
Pulmonic stenosis + ± + (systolic)
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection + ± + (Systolic)
  • CXR (normal heart size and venous congestion but in patients without obstruction have cardiomegaly and increased pulmonary blood flow.)
Transposition of the great vessels + ± -
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, increased pulmonary vascular markings)
Truncus arteriosus + ± sys/±dias
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, increased pulmonary vascular markings)
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Heart failure + + + +

(S3)

  • CXR
    • Increase in heart size compared to the old film.
    • Pleural fluid
    • Interstitial edema
  • Echocardiography
  • Angiography
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Nuclear imaging
  • Endomyocardial biopsy can be used when a specific diagnosis is suspected that would influence therapy in heart failure patients.
Valvular heart disease ± + +
Myocardial infarction + + +
Central Nervous system Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Methemoglobinemia + + + Family history of methemoglobinemia or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is important to determine.
Polycythemia + + Tenderness in the sternum may indicate transformation to acute myeloid leukemia and should be properly investigated.
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Breath holding spells
  • video-EEG monitoring can be use in non diagnostic cases.
  • Cyanotic breath-holding spells most commonly occur around 1 year of age with a range of six months to four years.
  • Iron deficiency anemia is more prevalent in children with breath-holding spells. 
Miscellaneous Shock + + (septic shock) + + (Cardiogenic shock)
Smoke inhalation + + +

Electrolytes

BUN and CR,

Lactate levels

Toxicology screen

CO-oximetry 

  • CO toxicity should be suspected in any patient who presents following smoke inhalation unless co-oximetry shows normal carboxyhemoglobin.
Cold exposure
  • CXR
  • Mild hypothermia: core temperature 32 to 35°C ; patient presents with confusion, tachycardia, and increased shivering.
  • Moderate hypothermia: 28 to 32°C patient presents with lethargy, bradycardia and arrhythmia and decreased shivering.
  • Severe hypothermia: below 28°C patient presents with coma, hypotension, arrhythmia, pulmonary edema, and rigidity.








Causes of cyanosis Cyanosis Clinical manifestations/association Diagnosis Additional

findings

Symptoms Signs
Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard
Respiratory Airway

disorder

Severe croup[5] Audible stridor at rest AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:

Lateral neck X ray:

Clinical diagnosis
  • Croupy cough and stridor
  • Intercostal, subcostal retractions
Epiglottitis Stridor Lateral neck X ray










Coma
Seizures
Head trauma
Breath holding spells
Miscellaneous Shock
Smoke inhalation + + +
Cold exposure
  • CBC
  • Fingerstick glucose (Hyperglycemia)
  • EKG-
    • J wave
    • Sinus bradycardia
    • Prolongation of all ECG intervals.
  • Serum electrolytes -K+ and calcium
  • ABG
Drugs†



  1. 1.0 1.1 Cherry, James D. (2008). "Croup". New England Journal of Medicine. 358 (4): 384–391. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp072022. ISSN 0028-4793.
  2. Khurshid I, Downie GH (2002). "Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation". Postgrad Med J. 78 (918): 191–7. PMC 1742331. PMID 11930021.
  3. Doshi HM, Robinson S, Chalhoub T, Jack S, Denison A, Gibson G (2009). "Massive spontaneous hemothorax during the immediate postpartum period". Tex Heart Inst J. 36 (3): 247–9. PMC 2696501. PMID 19568398.
  4. Chanatry BJ (1992). "Acute hemothorax owing to pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in pregnancy". Anesth. Analg. 74 (4): 613–5. PMID 1554132.
  5. Cherry, James D. (2008). "Croup". New England Journal of Medicine. 358 (4): 384–391. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp072022. ISSN 0028-4793.

Differential diagnosis

Abbreviations: AP= Anteroposterior, CXR= Chest X-ray, CT= Computed tomography, ABG= Arterial blood gas, V/Q= Ventilation/perfusion scan , EKG= Electrocardiogram, COPD= Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, BNP= Brain natriuretic peptide, DVT= Deep vein thrombosis, HRCT= High Resolution CT, IgE= Immunoglobulin E

Causes of cyanosis Disease Cyanosis Clinical manifestations/association Diagnosis Additional

findings

Symptoms Signs
Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard
Respiratory Airway

disorder

Severe croup[1] Audible stridor at rest AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:

Lateral neck X ray:

  • Croupy cough and stridor
  • Intercostal, subcostal retractions
Epiglottitis Stridor Lateral neck X ray
Foreign body aspiration CXR

CT scan

Complications:
Bacterial tracheitis Lateral neck X ray
  • Brassy cough
  • Retractions
  • No drooling
  • Hoarseness
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Parenchymal

disorder

Pneumonia
  • CXR
  • CT chest
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Sputum culture and gram stain
  • Blood cultures
  • Urine antigen
Asthma

(Late)

✔ in interstitial lung disease
  • End expiratory wheeze
  • Absent wheeze and breath sounds in severe form
CXR
  • to rule out other diagnosis
  • complications like pneumonia, atelactasis

HRCT

Cystic fibrosis when infected Wheeze or crackles CXR

HRCT for detecting lung changes

  • Sweat test
COPD

(Severe emphysema)

  • Reduced breath sounds
  • Prolonged expiration
  • Wheeze
  • Inspiratory crackles
CXR
  • Elongated heart
  • Flattening of diaphragms
  • Prominent hilar vasculature

HRCT

  • Bullae
  • HRCT
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Pulmonary vascular disorders Massive pulmonary embolism
  • Reduced breath sounds
  • Rales, crackles
  • Loud P2
Pulmonary arterio-venous malformation[2][3][4]
  • Pulmonary bruit
CXR
  • Round/oval mass
    • lobulated
    • well defined
  • Connecting vessel in hilum
  • Hemothorax
Chest
wall disorders
Flail chest
Cardiovascular Pneumothorax
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings

Atrioventricular canal defect

+ ± +
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, Increased pulmonary vascular markings)
Ebstein anomaly + ± +
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)
Tetralogy of Fallot + ± + (systolic)
  • CXR (Boot shaped heart, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)
Pulmonic stenosis + ± + (systolic)
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, decreased pulmonary vascular markings)
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection + ± + (Systolic)
  • CXR (normal heart size and venous congestion but in patients without obstruction have cardiomegaly and increased pulmonary blood flow.)
Transposition of the great vessels + ± -
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, increased pulmonary vascular markings)
Truncus arteriosus + ± sys/±dias
  • CXR (Cardiac enlargement, increased pulmonary vascular markings)
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Heart failure + + + +

(S3)

  • CXR
    • Increase in heart size compared to the old film.
    • Pleural fluid
    • Interstitial edema
  • Echocardiography
  • Angiography
  • Cardiac MRI
  • Nuclear imaging
  • Endomyocardial biopsy can be used when a specific diagnosis is suspected that would influence therapy in heart failure patients.
Valvular heart disease ± + +
Myocardial infarction + + +
Central Nervous system Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Methemoglobinemia + + + Family history of methemoglobinemia or glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is important to determine.
Polycythemia + + Tenderness in the sternum may indicate transformation to acute myeloid leukemia and should be properly investigated.
Disease Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard Additional findings
Breath holding spells
  • video-EEG monitoring can be use in non diagnostic cases.
  • Cyanotic breath-holding spells most commonly occur around 1 year of age with a range of six months to four years.
  • Iron deficiency anemia is more prevalent in children with breath-holding spells. 
Miscellaneous Shock + + (septic shock) + + (Cardiogenic shock)
Smoke inhalation + + +

Electrolytes

BUN and CR,

Lactate levels

Toxicology screen

CO-oximetry 

  • CO toxicity should be suspected in any patient who presents following smoke inhalation unless co-oximetry shows normal carboxyhemoglobin.
Cold exposure
  • CXR
  • Mild hypothermia: core temperature 32 to 35°C ; patient presents with confusion, tachycardia, and increased shivering.
  • Moderate hypothermia: 28 to 32°C patient presents with lethargy, bradycardia and arrhythmia and decreased shivering.
  • Severe hypothermia: below 28°C patient presents with coma, hypotension, arrhythmia, pulmonary edema, and rigidity.








Causes of cyanosis Cyanosis Clinical manifestations/association Diagnosis Additional

findings

Symptoms Signs
Peripheral Central Dyspnea Fever Chest pain Clubbing Peripheral edema Auscultation Lab Findings Imaging Gold standard
Respiratory Airway

disorder

Severe croup[5] Audible stridor at rest AP Neck X ray for soft tissues:

Lateral neck X ray:

Clinical diagnosis
  • Croupy cough and stridor
  • Intercostal, subcostal retractions
Epiglottitis Stridor Lateral neck X ray










Coma
Seizures
Head trauma
Breath holding spells
Miscellaneous Shock
Smoke inhalation + + +
Cold exposure
  • CBC
  • Fingerstick glucose (Hyperglycemia)
  • EKG-
    • J wave
    • Sinus bradycardia
    • Prolongation of all ECG intervals.
  • Serum electrolytes -K+ and calcium
  • ABG
Drugs†



  1. Cherry, James D. (2008). "Croup". New England Journal of Medicine. 358 (4): 384–391. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp072022. ISSN 0028-4793.
  2. Khurshid I, Downie GH (2002). "Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation". Postgrad Med J. 78 (918): 191–7. PMC 1742331. PMID 11930021.
  3. Doshi HM, Robinson S, Chalhoub T, Jack S, Denison A, Gibson G (2009). "Massive spontaneous hemothorax during the immediate postpartum period". Tex Heart Inst J. 36 (3): 247–9. PMC 2696501. PMID 19568398.
  4. Chanatry BJ (1992). "Acute hemothorax owing to pulmonary arteriovenous malformation in pregnancy". Anesth. Analg. 74 (4): 613–5. PMID 1554132.
  5. Cherry, James D. (2008). "Croup". New England Journal of Medicine. 358 (4): 384–391. doi:10.1056/NEJMcp072022. ISSN 0028-4793.