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Internal Medicine
                                                                                                    Respiratory tract


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                      Intrathoracic            Cardiogenic                      Respiratory tract problems
                       processes








                  – Pleural effusion       – Enlarged left heart
                  – Pneumothorax            (dog)
                  – Neoplasia              – Dirofilariosis               Lower                      Upper
                    (thoracic wall,        – Cardiogenic               respiratory tract         respiratory tract
                    mediastinum)            pulmonary oedema
                  – Diaphragmatic
                    hernia


                                                                   – Infection (viral,        – Laryngitis/tracheitis
                                                                     bacterial, parasitic,     (e.g. CIRD)
                                                                     mycotic)                 – Foreign body
                                                                   – Eosinophilic broncho-    – Neoplasia
                                                                     pneumopathy (dog)        – Tracheal collapse
                                                                   – Asthma (cat)
                                                                   – Chronic bronchitis
                                                                   – Trauma
                                                                   – Haemorrhage
                                                                   – Neoplasia
                                                                   – Fibrosis
                                                                   – Pulmonary oedema
                                                                   – Pulmonary
                                                                     thromboembolism





















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