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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung Diseases ... ILD caused by inhalation ... Connective Tissue Disease ... connective tissue disease ... pulmonary #causes
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Chemotherapeutic Systemic Disease ... Connective Tissue Disease ... #Causes #Differential ... interstitial #lung #disease
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Causes of Chronic ... Dyspnea - Differential ... • Sub-Valvular Disease ... Coronary Artery Disease ... Interstitium • ILD
Main causes of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.

#differential #algorithm #diagnosis #causes #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal #lung #diseases #pulmonary
parenchymal lung diseases ... #differential #algorithm ... #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal ... #lung #diseases ... #pulmonary #respiratory
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Neuromuscular disease ... Glycogen storage disease ... Mitochondrial disease ... failure), Thyroid disease ... #Causes #Differential
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
due to lung disease ... pulmonary disease ... , Gaucher disease ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Causes
Causes of Dementia / Cognitive Impairment - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Affecting Multiple Domains
 • Depression
 • Delirium
Decline
• Parkinson's Disease ... • Huntington's Disease ... Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... CognitiveImpairment #Dementia #Neurology ... #Differential #
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Connective Tissue Disease ... Pneumonconiosis - Lung disease ... Interstitial #Lung #Diseases ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Connective Tissue Disease ... Congenital Heart Disease ... Valvular Lung Disease ... Thromboembolic Disease
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Causes of Chronic ... Kidney Disease ... of Renovascular disease ... Polycystic kidney disease ... Medullary cystic disease