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Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Left Shunt - Anatomic ... Disease, Interstitial ... Fibrosis, Interstitial ... Lung Disease ... #differential #diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #ILD #diagnosis
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Pneumothorax, Alveolar ... (JVP, edema), Lung ... POCUS (B-lines, lung ... Troponin), ABG, STAT CXR ... #Management #treatment
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
attached to the chest ... is a possible diagnosis ... airways leading to pulmonary ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumothorax
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
filling of the alveoli ... this is nodular interstitial ... lung disease, that ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis ... Lung Abscess - Clinical ... Blood cultures • CXR ... early disease) • CXR ... #Abscess #pulmonary
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reach the terminal alveoli ... taken up by the alveolar ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reach the terminal alveoli ... taken up by the alveolar ... characteristic features Clinical ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
leakage into the interstitium ... After treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #Pulmonary #Edema
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... starting amiodarone treatment ... macrophages in alveolar ... macrophages Treatment