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Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
(DAH) & renal failure ... multiplex WORKUP & DIAGNOSIS ... Other tests: • CT ... seen on chest CT ... #differential #diagnosis
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
- Differential Diagnosis ... ANCA-Assoc vasculitis (GPA ... > EGPA, MPA), Cryoglobulinemia ... endocarditis), Heart failure ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Halo Sign on Chest CT
 • SPN or mass surrounded by a circumferential GGO
 • DDx:
Sign on Chest CT ... mueormycosis, GPA ... #Halo #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Feeding Vessel Sign on Chest CT
 • Distinct pulmonary vessel leading into a lung nodule or
Sign on Chest CT ... lung, pulm AVM, GPA ... #Vessel #Sign #CT ... Lung #Pulmonary #diagnosis
Mesenteric Ischemia - Differential Diagnostic Schema
Chronic: ASCVD, Venous, Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA, IgA, MPA)
Acute
 - Venous
- Differential Diagnostic ... Vasculitides 5% (PAN, [E]GPA ... Vessels (Heart failure ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
- Differential Diagnosis ... Lupus Pneumonitis, GPA ... • Left Heart Failure ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Plain radiography of the abdomen revealed calcification of both adrenal glands. A homozygous mutation in LIPA
confirmed the diagnosis ... malabsorption and growth failure ... calcifications #infant #NEJM
Endocarditis checklist
Initial evaluation
 • Peripheral blood cultures (three sets at three different sites)
 • Additional culture
TEE) • Chest CT ... causing heart failure ... #criticalcare #diagnosis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
be detected on CT ... overload with heart failure ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Laryngocele- ...On physical examination, he had nontender, compressible swelling in the left cervical region that transmitted
A diagnosis of laryngocele ... #NEJM #clinical ... laryngoscope #radiology #CT