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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 ... #differential #algorithm ... diagnosis #causes #DPLD ... #ILD #parenchymal ... #lung #diseases
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Algorithm for Diagnosis of Diffuse Cystic Lung Disease (DCLD)
Round, smooth cysts with normal lung parenchyma in
Algorithm for Diagnosis ... Lung Disease (DCLD ... presentations - ILD ... Disease #DCLD #pulmonary ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
diagnosis The table ... Chronic diseases ... called cryptogenic (COP ... The old name is ... #Differential #Table
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... #AECOPD #Algorithm
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
interstitial lung ... diseases LIP ... OP: organizing pneumonia ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... Differential #Comparison #Table
Cough - Diagnostic Schema

Infectious: URTI, LRTI, Bacterial, Viral
Irritant/Exposure: Allergic, Post-infectious, Pneumonitis, ACEi, PTX, Foreign Body
Airway Disease:
: Asthma, COPD, ... organ/systemic disease ... Autoimmune Vasculitis, ILD ... Malignancy: Lung ... #Differential #Algorithm
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... bronchopulmonary dysplasia; CLD ... , chronic lung disease ... #Hypertension #Workup ... #Algorithm
Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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and knees • Diffuse ... • Pulmonary: ILD ... (interstitial lung ... disease), PAH ( ... symptoms #testing #workup
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... listed in the table ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD