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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Dyspnea - Differential ... Chest Wall Abnormalities ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Interstitium • ILD ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... slowly progressive dyspnea ... leaking out of pulmonary ... #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... History: cough, dyspnea ... - Imaging: • CXR ... , Pulmonary lymphoma ... #ILD #diagnosis
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... indicates unknown cause ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Acute and Chronic Causes ... /Chest Wall: • ... Asthma attack, ILD ... Pleural effusion, Pneumonia ... , COPD, CTEPH, ILD
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
• Most common cause ... pain, hemoptysis, dyspnea ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... nodular interstitial lung ... Clinical #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #CXR #Lobar #Consolidation
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
changes in the basal lung ... reticular densities caused ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CTChest # ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD
Acute interstitial pneumonia (AIP, earlier named Hamman Rich Pneumonitis) is a rare idiopathic lung disease characterized
Acute interstitial pneumonia ... rare idiopathic lung ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #AIP # ... AcuteInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
x-ray (CXR), try ... His dyspnea continued ... not seen on a CXR ... #Radiology #CTChest ... #Lung #Pulmonary