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Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... starting amiodarone treatment ... macrophages in alveolar ... Exclude other causes ... macrophages Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Goodpasture's cause ... leading to diffuse alveolar ... sparing of the lung ... hematuria, RBC casts ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
first part of alveolar ... second part of alveolar ... across capillary-alveolar ... : Interstitial lung ... bypassing the lungs
Causes of Hemoptysis - BATTLE CAMP Mnemonic:

Bronchitis 
Bronchiectasis 
Aspergilloma 
Tumor 
Tuberculosis 
Lung abscess 
Emboli (pulmonary) 
Coagulopathy
Causes of Hemoptysis ... Tuberculosis Lung ... malformation Alveolar ... BATTLECAMP #Mnemonic #Causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... distal bronchioles, alveolar ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... Diagnosis: • Lung ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment
Ground Glass Opacities on Lung CT - Pathophysiology
Ground glass opacity lung is denser (whiter) than normal
Glass Opacities on Lung ... glass opacity lung ... often, GGO is caused ... of air within alveoli ... partially fill alveoli
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
you think of the causes ... the air in the alveoli ... UIP, NSIP and long ... the air in the alveoli ... and cause consolidation
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Pneumonitis • Treatment ... BrighamChiefs #ILD #Causes ... #interstitial #lung
COVID-19 - How does it affect you? 
Gas Exchange 
Each sac of air, or alveolus, is
sac of air, or alveolus ... Two alveolar cells ... that the oxygen passes ... that lines the alveolus ... them into the alveolus
Alveolar Recruitment
Effect of Intensive vs Moderate Alveolar Recruitment Strategies Added to Lung-Protective Ventilation on Postoperative Pulmonary
Alveolar Recruitment ... Intensive vs Moderate Alveolar ... Strategies Added to Lung-Protective ... vs a moderate alveolar ... #Lung #Recruitment