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Approach to Dyspnea

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Dyspnea is a common patient presentation in outpatient or acute care settings. This teaching script leads the learner through a systematic approach to thinking through the causes of dyspnea. We emphasize the importance of including etiologies outside of pulmonary disorders when generating a differential diagnosis.

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  1. VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Jeffrey Redinger & Tyler Albert

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  1. University of Washington Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Somnath Mookherjee  & Jennifer Wright  & 

  2. VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Lauren A. Beste

  3. Harborview Medical Center, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

    Jared W. Klein

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Redinger, J., Albert, T. (2020). Approach to Dyspnea. In: Mookherjee, S., Beste, L.A., Klein, J.W., Wright, J. (eds) Chalk Talks in Internal Medicine. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34814-4_31

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