Zulfiqar Rana, MD, MPH, FACP

Dyspnea

Attendance requirements:

See the “Guidelines” section, please.

Objectives:

• Know the differential for dyspnea
• Know how to differentiate between cardiac, non-cardiac, and other causes of dyspnea.
• Know how to approach a patient with dyspnea.
• Know basic signs, symptoms, and treatment of other medical conditions in the differential.

Required reading:

Harrison’s chapter on dyspnea

Suggested reading:

Please use the text of your choice, e.g., UpToDate, Step-up to Medicine, Harrison’s, etc.

• Asthma,
• COPD,
• bronchiectasis
• pneumonia
• pulmonary hypertension
• SVC syndrome
• CAD, cardiomyopathy
• pericarditis

Student Slides: