Pneumothorax differential diagnosis
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2]
Overview
Pneumothorax must be differentiated from other diseases that cause shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, and chest pain, such as [differential dx1], [differential dx2], and [differential dx3].
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| Diseases | History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | Other Findings | |||||||||
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Finding 2 | Finding 3 | Finding
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Physical Finding 1 | Physical Finding 2 | Physical Finding 3 | Physical Finding 4 | Lab Test 1 | Lab Test 2 | Lab Test 3 | Lab Test 4 | ||
| Differential Diagnosis 1 | + | ||||||||||||
| Differential Diagnosis 2 | ↑ | - | |||||||||||
| Differential Diagnosis 3 | ↓ | ||||||||||||
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