Dyspnoea
COVID-19 clinical presentation
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<p style="text-size:12px;">COVID-19 can present with a myriad of symptoms so should probably be on most differential diagnosis lists during the pandemic</p>
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*Must not miss!
- Airway obstruction
- Cardio-respiratory
- Diabetic ketoacidosis
*Easily missed
Red flags
- Acute onset /severe dyspnoea
- Associated features
- Cyanosis
- Confusion
- Haemoptysis
- Chest pain
- Hypotension, sweating
- ‘Silent chest’
- Systemic symptoms (weight loss, night sweats, fever)
Investigations to consider
- FBC, CRP/ESR, D-dimers
- U+Es, LFTs, TFTs, Serum glucose
- BNP, Troponin/Cardiac enzymes
- Pulse oximetry, ABGs
- PEFR, Spirometry
- Sputum analysis
- ECG
- CXR
- CT scan
- Echocardiography, 24 hour ECG
- V/Q scan
- Pulmonary angiography