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Algorithm for Treatment of Chronic Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH)
Initial Imaging for Screening - V/Q scan - 90-100%
Thromboembolic Disease (CTEPH ... 94-100% sp for CTEPH ... • Assess for Pulmonary ... ) • Consider Lung ... karanpdesai #cteph
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Hypertension (CTEPH ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... patients with CTEPH ... lacking for use in CTEPH ... RebeccaSteinb17 #CTEPH
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
with suspected pulmonary ... exercise testing; CTEPH ... thromboembolic pulmonary ... HPAH, hereditary pulmonary ... ; CLD, chronic lung
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterial Infections ... likely to cause pulmonary ... infection. ... with underlying lung ... disease. 15% mortality
Pulmonary Hypertension Groups - WHO Classification
Group I - Vascular remodeling of pulmonary arteries
 • Idiopathic, HIV,
Pulmonary Hypertension ... remodeling of pulmonary ... III - Chronic lung ... apnea Group IV - CTEPH ... • Pulmonary Embolism
Mosaic Attenuation on Chest CT
 • Variable attenuation seen on a chest CT in a lobular
• DDx: BO, CTEPH ... Attenuation #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Differential Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Asthma, COPD, CTEPH ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... , Anaphylaxis, Infection
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... associated with high mortality ... Mortality has been ... failure - Infectious
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
host): • Chronic pulmonary ... : • Pulmonary ( ... change in the lungs ... Septic shock • Mortality ... nails, bronchi, lungs