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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
pneumonia (NSIP), Cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... Eosinophilic pneumonia: Acute ... #diagnosis #differential
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea - Differential ... : Trauma, COPD exacerbation ... Asthma attack, ILD ... Chronic: Asthma, COPD ... , CTEPH, ILD, Sarcoid
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
of Acute Exacerbation ... of COPD (AECOPD ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... newly diagnosed COPD ... MatthewHoMD #COPD
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Diagnosis #Schema #Acute ... #Chronic #Differential ... #Algorithm
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Impaired Diffusion: ILD ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Disease: Asthma, COPD
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Diagnosis Algorithm ... Stable Angina • Acute ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... to think of the differential ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... (COP). ... The old name is
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management Algorithm ... Pneumothorax: - Hx: Acute ... , Dyspnea, H/O COPD ... Diagnosis #Management #Algorithm ... #differential
Causes of Thrombocytosis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Spurious:
 • Artifact (redo CBC)
Autonomous:
 • Essential thrombocytosis
 • Polycythemia
Thrombocytosis - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infectious: • Acute ... Inflammatory: • IBD ... Damage: • Post-op
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
Differential diagnosis ... adenocarcinoma in situ; COP ... , cryptogenic organising ... ReverseHaloSign #Differential ... #Algorithm