7 results
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia (COP) ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP ... #ILD #diagnosis
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... pneumonia (NSIP), Cryptogenic ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... pneumonia (DIP), Acute ... #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Stable Angina • Acute ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD ... #Causes
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... : Trauma, COPD exacerbation ... Asthma attack, ILD ... Chronic: Asthma, COPD ... , CTEPH, ILD, Sarcoid
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Acute Hypoxemia ... Impaired Diffusion: ILD ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
of Acute Exacerbation ... of COPD (AECOPD ... newly diagnosed COPD ... MatthewHoMD #COPD ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
lobar pneumonia caused ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic ... (COP). ... The old name is ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary