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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... - Diagnosis: ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • CT: Halo sign ... PVL virulence factor ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... pleura in severe cases ... lung sliding COPD ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Pneumonia Signs ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Community
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
Bilateral B-Lines in case ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... Males=Females SIGNS ... : Clinical diagnosis ... #diagnosis #management ... #pulmonary
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
and Management ... • Most common cause ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... of PCN allergy ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
noncompliance • Clinical ... initiation Clinical ... cryptococcomas, cavitating pneumonia ... leukoencephalopathy (PML ... #Management
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... Hamilton, MD (EM ... Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... Most commonly caused