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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 ... diagnosis #causes #DPLD ... #ILD #parenchymal
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: ... of localized -> diffuse ... Mycobacteria, Whooping cough ... #Differential #workup ... #algorithm #pulmonary
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
Cough - Diagnostic ... COPD, Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Malignancy: Lung ... #Differential #Algorithm
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Lung Disease (DCLD ... cysts with normal lung ... presentations - ILD ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
life • History: cough ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Non-productive cough ... • Patchy or diffuse ... opacities; traction bronchiectasis ... Exclusion of other ILDs