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Main causes of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.

#differential #algorithm #diagnosis #causes #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal #lung #diseases #pulmonary
Main causes of diffuse ... parenchymal lung ... #differential #algorithm ... #parenchymal #lung ... #diseases #pulmonary
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Causes of Pulmonary ... Pulmonary Arterial ... • Valvular Lung ... • Interstitial Lung ... PulmonaryHypertension #PHTN
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... due to lung disease ... Interstitial lung ... #Hypertension #PHTN ... #Classification
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disease • Diffuse ... Lung Disease ... • Chronic Lung ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension (CTEPH) and Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
Definition: mean pulmonary-artery pressure > 25mmHg
Thromboembolic Pulmonary ... Ventilation-perfusion lung ... WHO functional class ... WHO functional class ... RebeccaSteinb17 #CTEPH #PHTN
Portopulmonary Hypertension
Presence of pulmonary arterial hypertension in a patient with portal hypertension
No other obvious causes (chronic
Hypertension Presence of pulmonary ... (chronic lung disease ... moderate (or worse) PPHTN ... improves functional class ... improves functional class
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
Management of Diffuse ... • DAH triad: lung ... ground-glass opacities ... Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Causes
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Lung Disease (DCLD ... associated ground glass ... Disease #DCLD #pulmonary ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... mechanisms: • Direct ... cytotoxic lung ... injury • Indirect ... • Patchy or diffuse
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... ASA class If ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... days before Pulmonary ... unless prior heart/lung