| Cardiovascular
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Acute cardiac allograft rejection, aortic regurgitation, atrial fibrillation, arteriovenous fistula, Cardiac amyloidosis, cardiac aneurysm, cardiac sarcoidosis, cardiac tumors, cor pulmonale, diabetic heart disease, Eisenmenger syndrome, endomyocardial fibrosis, Fallot tetralogy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy, stress cardiomyopathy, ischemic heart disease, left heart failure, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve stenosis, multifocal atrial tachycardia, myocardial infarction, patent ductus arteriosus, pericardial effusion, pericardiocentesis, peripartum cardiomyopathy, rupture of the papillary muscles, severe hypertension, STEMI, stress cardiomyopathy, tuberculous pericarditis
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| Chemical/Poisoning
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Beryllium, cadmium, carbon monoxide toxicity, coal worker pneumoconiosis, cobalt, fume inhalation, lead, mercury, nitrogen dioxide, organophosphates, selenium, silica, snake bite, sulfur dioxide
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| Dental
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No underlying causes
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| Dermatologic
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Dermatomyositis, mixed connective tissue disease
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| Drug Side Effect
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Amphetamines, anthracyclines, bleomycin, calcium channel blockers, carmustine, carnitine, cetuximab, chloroquine, clozapine, cyanides, cyclophosphamide, dasatinib, didanosine, gemcitabine, gemeprost, glatiramer acetate, glutaraldehyde, mitomycin C, nifedipine, nitrofurantoin, NSAIDs, paricalcitol, pentostatin, phenothiazines, protamine sulfate, regadenoson, rifampicin, ticagrelor, trastuzumab, zalcitabine, zidovudine
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| Ear Nose Throat
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Tracheolaryngobronchitis,
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| Endocrine
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Cushing's disease, diabetes, goiter, hyperthyroidism, hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, hypothyroidism, liquorice, mineralocorticoids, pheochromocytoma, thyrotoxic myopathy
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| Environmental
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Beryllium, cadmium, carbon monoxide toxicity, coal worker pneumoconiosis, cobalt, fume inhalation, lead, liquorice, malnutrition, mercury, morbid obesity, organophosphates, silica, smoke inhalation, snake bite, sulfur dioxide
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| Gastroenterologic
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Aspiration of stomach contents, cirrhosis, pancreatitis, portopulmonary hypertension
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| Genetic
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Bulbospinal muscular atrophy, congenital impairment of lymphatic system, cystic fibrosis, Foster Kennedy syndrome, Friedreich's ataxia, glycogen storage disease type II, GM2 gangliosidosis, hereditary hemochromatosis, hereditary spastic paraplegia, hereditary spinal muscular atrophy, inclusion body myositis, langerhans cell histiocytosis, late-onset Tay-Sachs disease, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, lysosomal acid maltase deficiency, Pompe's disease, myotonic dystrophy, patent ductus arteriosus, tetralogy of Fallot
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| Hematologic
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Congenital impairment of lymphatic system, disseminated intravascular coagulopathy, hemorrhagic shock, hereditary hemochromatosis, langerhans cell histiocytosis, lymphangiomyomatosis, septic shock, Severe anemia, transfusion reactions, Wegener granulomatosis
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| Iatrogenic
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Acute cardiac allograft rejection, anaphylaxis, aspiration of stomach contents, insulin treatment, IV fluid overload, neck surgery, pericardiocentesis, pneumothorax, radiation brainstem injury, radiation myelopathy, transfusion reactions
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| Infectious Disease
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Chagas disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome, herpes zoster, HIV, human monocytotropic ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, pleural effusion, pneumocystis jiroveci, pneumonia, post polio syndrome, post-viral neuropathy, septic shock, toxocariasis, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia, tuberculous pericarditis, viral cardiomyopathy, yersinia pestis
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| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic
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Cervical spondylosis with compressive radiculopathy and myelopathy, dermatomyositis, Lambert-Eaton Syndrome, inclusion body myositis, limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, mixed connective tissue disease, myasthenia gravis, myotonic dystrophy, polymyositis post polio syndrome, progressive muscular atrophy, rheumatoid arthritis
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| Neurologic
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis, bulbospinal muscular atrophy, central sleep apnea, cervical spondylosis with compressive radiculopathy and myelopathy, Lambert-Eaton syndrome, Foster Kennedy syndrome, Friedreich's ataxia, GM2 gangliosidosis, Guillain-Barré syndrome, hereditary spastic paraplegia, hereditary spinal muscular atrophy, intraspinal tumors, late-onset Tay-Sachs disease, monomelic (benign focal) amyotrophy, motor neuron syndromes in cancers, multifocal motor neuropathy, multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, myotonic dystrophy, neurogenic pulmonary oedema, phrenic nerve injury due to stretching or cooling during cardiac surgery, Post-polio progressive muscular atrophy, post-viral neuropathy, preeclampsia, primary lateral sclerosis, progressive bulbar palsy, progressive muscular atrophy, radiation brainstem injury/radiation myelopathy, stroke
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| Nutritional/Metabolic
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Glycogen storage disease type II, hypocalcemia, hypophosphatemia, hypoproteinemia, lysosomal acid maltase deficiency, Pompe's disease, wet beri-beri,
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| Obstetric/Gynecologic
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Eclampsia, peripartum cardiomyopathy, preeclampsia, pregnancy, premenstrual syndrome
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| Oncologic
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Bronchogenic carcinoma, cardiac tumors, intraspinal tumors, malignant pleural mesothelioma, motor neuron syndromes in cancers
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| Ophthalmologic
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No underlying causes
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| Overdose/Toxicity
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Bleomycin, cocaine, cyanides, mineralocorticoids, narcotic overdose
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| Psychiatric
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Panic attack, stress cardiomyopathy
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| Pulmonary
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Acute respiratory distress syndrome, altitude sickness, asthma, bilateral diaphragmatic paralysis, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis obliterans, bronchitis, bronchogenic carcinoma, bronchogenic cyst, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, bronchospasm, central sleep apnea, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Churg-Strauss syndrome, cor pulmonale, CREST syndrome, cystic fibrosis, diffuse panbronchiolitis, Eisenmenger syndrome, empyema, extrinsic allergic alveolitis, fibrosing alveolitis, cryptogenic, goodpasture syndrome, idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis, interstitial lung disease , malignant pleural mesothelioma, near-drowning, pleural effusion, pneumonia, pneumothorax, polyarteritis nodosa, portopulmonary hypertension, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, pulmonary edema, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary veno-occlusive disease, pulmonic stenosis, respiratory failure, sclerosing mediastinitis, systemic lupus erythematosus(shrinking lung syndrome), smoke inhalation, tracheolaryngobronchitis, transient tachypnea of the newborn, tropical pulmonary eosinophilia
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| Renal/Electrolyte
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Nephritic syndrome, nephrotic syndrome, renal artery stenosis, renal failure, Uremia
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| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy
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Acute cardiac allograft rejection, anaphylaxis, asthma, cardiac sarcoidosis, Churg-Strauss syndrome, CREST syndrome, cytokine release syndrome, dermatomyositis, Lambert-Eaton Syndrome, Goodpasture syndrome, mixed connective tissue disease, myasthenia gravis, polyarteritis nodosa, polymyositis, rheumatoid arthritis, sclerosing mediastinitis, systemic lupus erythematosus(shrinking lung syndrome), systemic sclerosis, Wegener granulomatosis
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| Sexual
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No underlying causes
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| Trauma
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Blunt neck trauma, head injury, hemorrhagic shock, neck surgery, rib fracture
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| Urologic
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No underlying causes
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| Miscellaneous
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Altitude sickness, amyloid cardiomyopathy, heavy alcohol intake, malnutrition, morbid obesity, near-drowning
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