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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... organizing pneumonia (COP ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Process - Anatomic ... Impaired Diffusion: ILD ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... #causes #pulmonary
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
for alternate diagnoses ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... ventilated • CXR ... , Lung US, Echo, ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Stage I - Redistribution
In a normal chest film with the patient standing erect, the pulmonary vessels
supplying the upper lung ... supplying the lung ... with old fims can ... Views of the upper lobe ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... lobar pneumonia caused ... called cryptogenic (COP ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
Upper Lobe Lung ... Therefore, conditions caused ... elimination of CO2 ... apices caused by ... #differential #diagnosis
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
Physical stigmata of cor ... in the adjacent lung ... of the affected lung ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... #differential #diagnosis
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... the right lower lobe ... masses. ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR