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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: ... of localized -> diffuse ... bronchiectasis ... #Differential #workup ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Physiologic: ARDS, Diffuse ... Impaired Diffusion: ILD ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... , Bronchiectasis
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
usually multiple ill-defined ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... (COP). ... The old name is ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Asthma • COPD ... • Bronchiectasis ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... #AECOPD #Algorithm ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
• Patchy or diffuse ... opacities; traction bronchiectasis ... pneumonia - Pulmonary ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP