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Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
hx - Fever+, Cough ... Effusions - Rare Peripheral ... mechanical ventilation Chronic ... tobacco hx, >60% asthma ... Progressive SOB + Cough
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Lung Diseases ... 45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... Weeks) - Hx of asthma ... , CF; Chronic cough ... diagnosis #comparison #table
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
Causes of Cough ... Abscess - Asthma ... Cancer of the Lung ... #Chronic #Cough ... #Table
Causes of Chronic Pediatric Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Poor Growth
 - Non-Specific CXR
Causes of Chronic ... Poorly Controlled Asthma ... /URTl: • Asthma ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes ... #Peds #Pediatrics
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... Airway Disease: Asthma ... ILD Malignancy: Lung ... mycobacterial), Eosinophilic ... Schema #Acute #Chronic
Causes of Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Abnormal Chest X-Ray:
 • Chronic Infection (Eg. Fungal, Tuberculosis)
Causes of Chronic ... FVC < LLN): • Asthma ... Lower Airway: • Asthma ... Non-Asthmatic Eosinophilic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... multiple ill-defined masses ... There is a peripheral ... month history of chronic ... non-productive cough
Most episodes of chronic cough in adults are caused by upper airway cough syndrome (UACS, also
Most episodes of chronic ... drip syndrome), asthma ... Chronic cough has ... of chronic cough ... #Table
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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... progressive dyspnea and cough ... and periphery, ... histiocytosis (PLCH) • Eosinophilic ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
hemorrhage (DAH), asthma ... pulmonary nodules, asthma ... Goodpasture's cause ... sparing of the lung ... periphery is typically