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Acute onset dyspnea
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| Aspirated foreign body |
| Airway trauma |
| Direct pulmonary injury |
| Anaphylaxis |
| Angioedema |
| Flash pulmonary edema |
| Pulmonary embolism |
| Pulmonary hemorrhage |
| Pneumothorax |
| Cardiac arrhythmia |
| Acute coronary syndrome |
| Cardiac tamponade* |
| Organophosphate poisoning |
| Hyperventilation |
| Anxiety attack |
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Gradual onset dyspnea
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| Pharyngeal/neck infections |
| Pulmonary infection |
| Sepsis |
| High output heart failure |
| HF exacerbation |
| COPD exacerbations |
| Asthma exacerbations* |
| Pleural effusion |
| Lung tumor |
| ARDS |
| Anemia |
| Neuromuscular disease |
| Carbon monoxide poisoning |
| Diabetic ketoacidosis |
| Salicylate poisoning or other toxin-related acidosis |
| Pregnancy |
| Cardiomyopathy |
| Valvular dysfunction |
| Ascites |
| Acute chest syndrome |
| Intraabdominal process (eg, infection, obstruction, ischemic bowel) |
| Massive obesity |
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