Differential Diagnosis for Cough
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Complaining of cough (finding), Cough (finding), Cough symptom, Cough symptom (finding), Coughing, Coughing (observable entity), Coughing function, COUGHS, Finding of cough, Finding of cough (finding), Observation of cough
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Trauma Causes
Electromagnetic, Physics, trauma, Radiation Causes
Infectious Disorders (Specific Agent)
- Acute respiratory infection (URI,LRI)
- Influenza
- Upper respiratory infection/URI/Cold
- Viral diseases
- Adenovirus infection
- Parainfluenza (Influenza B) infection
- Pneumonia, bacterial
- Pneumonia, viral
- Respiratory tract virus (URI)
- Ascariasis
- Chickenpox
- Pneumonia/Bronchopneumonia
- Bacterial tracheitis
- Immune deficiency , acquired (AIDS/HIV)
- Influenza pneumonia
- Lower respiratory infection/viral
- Pneumococcal (S. Pneumoniae) infection
- Pneumocystis Jiroveci/Carinii Pneumonia (PCP)
- Pneumonia, acute lobar
- Pneumonia, hemophilus influenza
- Pneumonia, pneumococcal
- Respiratory syncytial virus infection
- Streptococcus pyogenes pneumonia
- Pneumonia, mycoplasma
- Tuberculosis
- Typhoid fever
- Mycobacterium avium intracellulare/MAC/MAI
- Argentine Hemorrhagic fever/Junin
- Atypical mycobacteria
- Chickenpox pneumonia
- Diphtheria
- Klebsiella pneumonia
- Lymphocytic choriomeningitis
- Pneumonia, abscessing staphylococcal
- Pneumonia, chlamydia
- Pneumonia, psuedomonas
- Pulmonary anthrax
- Typhus, acute/epidemic
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Visceral larval migrans
- Amebiasis, pulmonary/abscess
- Aspergillosis, bronchopulmonary/hypersn
- Brucellosis
- Chlamydia/pneumonia/TWAR agent
- Cryptococcosis
- Cytomegalic pneumonia
- Diphtheria myocarditis/toxicity
- Ebola virus disease
- Ehrlichiosis/Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
- Gnathostomiasis
- Human Metapneumovirus infection
- Hydatid cyst, lung
- Lassa fever
- Legionaires disease
- Measles (rubeola)
- Melioidosis
- Mycoplasma/Eaton agent disease
- Parapertussis
- Pertussis
- Plague, pneumonic
- Plasmodium falciparum malaria
- Pneumonia, gram-negative type
- Pneumonia, staphylococcal
- Relapsing fever (Borrelia)
- Rift Valley fever
- Rocky mountain spotted fever
- Schistosomiasis (Mansoni)
- Schistosomiasis, acute/syndrome
- Actinomycosis, thoracic
- Amebic abscess, liver
- Arthritis, tuberculous
- Ascariasis,pulmonary larval infestation
- Aspergillosis
- Aspergillosis, invasive pulmonary type
- Aspergillosis, pulmonary, mycetoma type
- Blastomycosis
- Blastomycosis, pulmonary, chronic
- Candidiasis, pulmonary
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Coccidioidomycosis, pulmonary, chronic
- Cryptococcosis, pulmonary
- Esophageal tuberculosis
- Fungal lung infection
- Histoplasmosis
- Histoplasmosis, pulmonary
- Hookworm (Ancylostomiasis) disease
- Mycobacteria, atypical pulmonary
- Mycobacterium Kansasii
- Nocardiosis, pulmonary
- Paracoccidiodomycosis (S.A. Blastomyco)
- Paragonimiasis
- Pfisteria piscicida/epizoonosis
- Pleurisy, tuberculous
- Pleurisy, viral
- Pneumonia, cryptococcal
- Psittacosis/ornithosis
- Pulmonary larval migrans
- Q fever
- Schistosomiasis
- Sporotrichosis, pulmonary
- Tracheobronchial tuberculosis
- Tuberculosis pulmonary
- Tuberculosis, cavitary pulmonary
- Tularemia
- Whipples disease
- Avian influenza (H5N1) in human/zoonosis
- Hanta virus/Navaho disease
- Bolivian Hemorrhagic fever/Machupo
- Hemorrhagic fever, Brazilian/Sabia
- Hemorrhagic fever, Crimea-Congo
- Malaria
- Plague, bubonic
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome/SARS
- Green monkey virus
- Larynx tuberculosis
- Tularemia pneumonia
- Monkeypox epizoonosis
- Swine-Avian influenza (epizootic)
Infected organ, Abscesses
- Infections
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchitis, acute
- Laryngitis, acute
- Empyema
- Endocarditis, right heart
- Epiglottitis, acute
- Pneumonia of newborn
- Pneumonia, aspiration
- Interstitial pneumonia, usual type
- Laryngotracheobronchitis, acute
- Tracheitis, acute
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchitis, chronic
- Maxillary sinusitis/Antrum sinusitis
- Pneumonia, unresolved
- Post bronchitis cough syndrome
- Sinusitis, acute
- Sinusitis, chronic
- Sinusitis/Pansinusitis
- Abscess, liver
- Abscess, subphrenic
- Bronchiolitis obliterans
- Bronchitis, fibrinous
- Mediastinal abscess
- Middle lobe syndrome
- Diaphragmitis
- Lung abscess
- Pneumonia
Granulomatous, Inflammatory Disorders
- Bronchiolitis obliterans/pneumonia/BOOP
- Bronchus inflammation/chronic
- Necrotizing granulomatous angiitis,lung
- Bronchiocentric granulomatosis/lung
- Esophagus sarcoidosis
- Necrotizing sarcoid granulomatosis/lung
- Pulmonary eosinophilic granuloma
- Sarcoidosis
- Sarcoidosis, gastrointestinal
- Sarcoidosis, hepatic
- Sarcoidosis, pulmonary
- Wegeners granulomatosis
- Wegener's pulmonary (isolated) disease
- Sarcoidosis, myocardial
Neoplastic Disorders
- Neoplasms/tumors
- Hodgkin's disease
- Metastatic lung disease
- Metastatic lung lymphatics/carcinoma
- Carcinoid syndrome/Carcinoid metastatic
- Pericardial malignant effusion
- Carcinoma, oat cell (small cell), lung
- Leukemic/lymphocytic lung infiltrate
- Pleural effusion, malignant
- Adenocarcinoma, bronchial
- Alveolar cell carcinoma, lung
- Bronchial adenoma
- Bronchioalveolar carcinoma of lung
- Carcinoma lung squamous cell/large cell
- Carcinoma, bronchogenic
- Carcinoma, esophageal
- Carcinoma, laryngeal
- Mediastinal tumor
- Mediastinum, lymphosarcoma/lymphoma
- Mesothelioma, pleura
- Pulmonary lymphangiomatoid granulomat's
- Pulmonary lymphoma
- Tonsil, Lymphoepithelioma
- Tracheal adenoma
- Tracheal tumor, secondary malignant
- Bronchus adenoma, cylindromatous
- Hypereosinophilic syndrome
Allergic, Collagen, Auto-Immune Disorders
- Allergic disorders
- Asthma
- Atopic allergic diseases
- Anaphylaxis, generalized
- Croup, spasmodic/tracheobronchitis
- Allergy, specific
- Extrinsic/allergic asthma syndrome
- Organic dusts inhalation/allergy
- Tracheitis, allergic
- Laryngeal allergy
- Pollenosis
- Aspirin-induced asthma
- Goodpasture's syndrome
- Hypersensitivity pneumonitis/alveolitis
- Rheumatic carditis, active
- Stevens-Johnson syndrome
- Eosinophilic Pneumonia prolonged/Chronic
- Pneumonia, desquamative, interstitial
- Pneumonitis, collagen vascular disease
- Rheumatic fever
- Rheumatic heart disease
- Serum sickness
- Loeffler's Eosinophilic Pneumonitis, acute/PIE
- Pneumonia, lymphoid, interstitial
- Pulmonary fibrosis, Primary/H-R disease
- Rheumatoid lung disease
- Sjogrens sicca syndrome
- Transplant lung syndrome
- Transfusion Related Acute Lung Injury/TRALI syndrome
- Maple bark stripper lung/disease
- Idiopathic Anaphylactoid Reactions/Recurrent
Metabolic, Storage Disorders
Deficiency Disorders
Congenital, Developmental Disorders
Hereditary, Familial, Genetic Disorders
Relational, Mental, Psychiatric Disorders
Anatomic, Foreign Body, Structural Disorders
- Acute gastric acid/aspiration syndrome
- Airway obstruction
- Aspiration of vomitus
- Aspiration oropharyngeal contents
- Foreign body, bronchus
- Foreign body, larynx
- Foreign body, trachea
- Laryngeal obstruction
- Pulmonary embolism
- Tracheobronchial obstruction
- Pericardial effusion
- Pleural effusion
- Achalasia
- Atelectasis, compression type
- Impacted cerumen
- Mediastinal mass
- Amniotic fluid embolism
- Aortic regurgitation, acute
- Fat embolism
- Mallory Weiss syndrome(esophageal tear)
- Perforated/ruptured esophagus
- Superior vena cava syndrome
- Trachea, stenosis
- Atelectasis, obstructive
- Atelectasis, pulmonary
- Bronchiolithiasis
- Esophageal Zenker's diverticulum
- Mitral valve stenosis
- Tracheal ring collapse/softening
- Lung, alveolar microlithiasis
- Pneumonia, lipoid/hydrocarbon
- Esophageal Rupture/Boerhaave Syndrome
Arteriosclerotic, Vascular, Venous Disorders
Functional, Physiologic Variant Disorders
Vegetative, Autonomic, Endocrine Disorders
Reference to Organ System
- Disseminated intravascular coagulopathy
- Pleurisy/pleuritis secondary
- Pulmonary emboli, recurrent/Homans
- Respiratory distress (adult) syndrome
- Bronchus disorder
- Congestive heart failure
- Immune deficiency/suppressed status
- Immune disorders
- Interstitial acute lung disease
- Lung disorders
- Emphysema/COPD/Chronic lung disease
- Alveolar hemorrhage syndrome
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive heart failure/occult/chron.
- Tracheal edema
- Interstitial lung disease, chronic
- Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary interstitial fibrosis/2ndary
- Jugular foramen syndrome
- Goiter, substernal
- Laryngeal nerve, recurrent, paralysis
Pathophysiologic
Heirarchical Major Groups
Drugs
Poisoning (Specific Agent)
- Malathion (Ovide) ingestion/toxicity
- Tear gas/CN exposure
- Air pollution effect
- Chemical fumes inhalation
- Crack (free base cocaine) usage/ingestion
- Dust inhalation
- Iron ore dust/iron metallic exposure
- Polyvinyl chloride inhalation
- Smoke inhalation
- Turpentine oil herbal/intake
- Alcoholism, chronic
- Metallic/ore dusts
- Nitrogen dioxide inhalation
- Tobacco smoking/excess
- Zinc oxide fumes/exposure
- Arsenical vesicants/CBW Weapon
- Chloropicrin/Exposure inhalation
- Diphosgene Weapon/exposure
- Phosgene Oxime/Weapon (CX) agent
- Vomiting CBW agent (Dm/Da/Dc) Weapon exposure
- Acetone/Ketone poisoning
- Acid ingestion
- Arsine gas (Hydrogen arsenide) poisoning
- Cadmium fumes/inhalation/toxicity
- Crude oil ingestion/aspiration
- Gasoline poisoning
- Mercury salts/bichloride acute toxicity
- Mustard gas exposure/poisoning
- Nerve gas exposure
- Noxious gas inhalation/toxicity
- Noxious gas/mustard gas inhalation
- Petroleum distillates/Naphtha poisoning
- Potassium permanganate poisoning
- Ricinism/Castor bean toxicity
- Stachybotrys chartarum/toxic mold/air
- Ammonia exposure/inhalation
- Cholinesterase inhibitor poison/exposure
- Dibromochlorpropane (DBCP) toxicity
- Hydrogen sulfide poisoning/inhalation
- Nitric oxide inhalation/arc welders
- Yokahama asthma/NO exposure
- Anthracosilicosis
- Anthracosis/coal workers lung
- Asbestosis
- Barium dust/ore pneumoconiosis
- Berylliosis
- Chlorinated hydrocarbon exposure
- Chromate dust/ore exposure
- Crack lung syndrome
- Lead ore exposure
- Silicosis
- Silicosis, acute/sandblasting lung
- Uranium dust/ore exposure
- Chlorine gas poisoning
- Kerosene poisoning
- Mercury vapor/acute (element) toxicity
- Methylisocyanate poisoning
- Phosgene inhalation/poisoning
- Ricin poisoning/Inhaled terrorist exposure
- Toluene diisocyanate poisoning
- Trichothecene mycotoxin/weapon exposure
- Bagassosis lung/disease
- Beryllium disease, acute
- Byssinosis
- Lycoperdonosis
- Metal fume fever
- Polymer fume fever
- Suberosis lung/disease
- TNT industrial exposures/withdrawal
- Bauxite pneumoconiosis
- Pneumoconiosis, diatomite
- Pneumoconiosis, talc
- Silicotuberculosis
- Stannous pneumoconiosis
- Dimethyl sulfate poisoning.
- Tear gas Irritants (Cs/Cn/Cnc/Ca/Cr/Cnb/Ps) CBW potential
- Toxic smoke/weapons (Nox/Hc/Rp/Fs/Fm/Sgf2/Teflon)
Organ Poisoning (Intoxication)
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