Clinical Reasoning Case #1

Chief Complaint: JL is a 27 year-old who came to the emergency department with a chief complaint of “shortness of breath.”

Based on this limited information, list the top 5 differential diagnosis for this patient:
 

If she were 63 years old, what would your top three choices be, from the following list:
      First choice (choose from list):
      Second choice (choose from list):
      Third Choice (choose from list):    

If she were 6 years old, what would your top three choices be, from the following list:
      First choice (choose from list):
      Second choice (choose from list):
      Third Choice (choose from list):   

If she were 6 months, what would your top three choices be, from the following list:
      First choice (choose from list):
      Second choice (choose from list):
      Third Choice (choose from list):  

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