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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... ILD caused by inhalation ... disease (RB-ILD ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... #Diseases #ILD
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
Differential Diagnosis ... Causes: • Still's ... • Hyper-IgD syndrome ... Brucellosis • Liver or lung ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Lung Infections ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Framework Disease ... : • 3 syndromes ... angioinvasive disease
Causes of Acute Onset Fever - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Viral:
 • Rhinovirus
 • Influenza Virus
 • Parainfluenza
Causes of Acute ... • Pneumonia ... Neuroleptic malignant syndrome ... • Sickle Cell disease ... #Fever #Acute
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Lung Disease - ... intersitial space Infection ... , Beomycin • Acute ... #Diseases #ILD
Adjuvant therapies in critical care: steroids to treat infectious diseases
 - Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia
diseases - Severe ... - Typhoid fever ... ventilation, ARDS acute ... respiratory distress syndrome ... , id Once daily
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
interstitial lung ... AIP: acute interstitial ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... LungDisease #CTILD #Diagnosis
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... DiseasesAcute ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... , CNS, skin • Infectious ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Hypercalcemia due to increased Vitamin D levels
 • The BIG 3:
Tuberculosis • Fungal Infections ... , Acute granulomatous ... Genetic: Williams syndrome ... , Cat scratch fever ... #differential #diagnosis
Microbial Etiology of Acute Pharyngitis - IDSA
Bacterial
 • Group A streptococcus - Pharyngotonsillitis, scarlet fever
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Microbial Etiology of Acute ... necrophorum - Lemierre’s syndrome ... HIV Infection ... Pharyngitis #IDSA #diagnosis ... #differential #causes