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Eosinophilic Pneumonia
When to suspect Eosinophilic Pneumonia? Non-resolving pneumonia + BAL > 25% eosinophils + excluded more
Effusions - Rare Peripheral ... tobacco hx, >60% asthma ... Consolidations AKA "inverse pulmonary ... edema" - Common Peripheral ... Pneumonia #diagnosis #pulmonary
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
CXR Abnormal:
 • Pulmonary Sequestration
 • Congenital Adenoid Cystic
Causes of Pediatric Wheezing ... Abnormal: • Pulmonary ... Beta-Agonist: • Asthma ... Cystic Fibrosis Wheeze ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Biologic therapy for eosinophilic asthma 
• Mepolizumab (Nucala) 
  • Anti-lL-5, 100 mg SQ q4
asthma • Mepolizumab ... q4 weeks • Peripheral ... q4 weeks • Peripheral ... #asthma #Biologic ... #pharmacology #pulmonary
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
45yo, F; Hx of asthma ... SOB, sinusitis, wheezing ... Weeks) - Hx of asthma ... food hx; Fever, wheezing ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary
The infant with tachypnea or wheeze - Clinical Conditions to Consider
 - Bronchiolitis 
 - Pneumonia
with tachypnea or wheeze ... Transient early wheezing ... infection - Atopic asthma ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... Infant #Tachypnea #Wheeze
Wheezing - Differential Diagnosis Framework - Not all that wheezes is asthma
Vibrations of turbulent flow against
Wheezing - Differential ... is asthma Vibrations ... Primary bronchi: - Asthma ... Diagnosis #Framework #pulmonary ... #wheeze
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Laryngospasm Wheeze ... : • Asthma • ... Pneumonia • Asthma ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... Algorithm #Causes #Peds
Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis (ABPA)
WHAT IS IT?
Hypersensitivity response to Aspergillus fumigatus in the airways
 • Primarily affects
with underlying asthma ... • Wheezing • Increased ... Aspergillus • Peripheral ... eosinophilia and ... Aspergillosis #ABPA #pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic ... (DAH), asthma in ... nodules, asthma ... differential (check eosinophil ... sparing of the lung periphery
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
 •
progressing GN • New pulmonary ... glomerulonephritis and/or pulmonary ... • EGPA: - Eosinophilia ... , asthma, chronic ... glomeruli, and peripheral