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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
• formerly BOOP ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , pleural thickening ... , Chronic eosinophilia ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Pulmonary Pathology ... Ultrasound Findings ... A-lines (parietal pleura ... reflection) Pneumonia ... #pulmonary #differential
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... dealing with the differential ... There was no eosinophilia ... also known as BOOP ... OrganizingPneumonia #BOOP
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Rapid Response Management ... hemorrhage • Pus: pneumonia ... COPD/asthma • Pleural ... atelectasis • Lung ... Hypoxemia #Hypoxia #differential
A-Lines vs B-Lines on Lung POCUS
A-Lines:
 • Predominately horizontal lines
 • A-lines are repeated horizontal &
equidistant from the pleura ... come from the pleura ... pulmonary edema, ARDS, pneumonia ... and other pathology ... - MCW EM Ultrasound
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... rarely present with eosinophilic ... and exudative pleural ... Neutrophilia • Eosinophilia ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
Lung sliding & pneumonia ... on POCUS The differential ... multiple B-lines, sub-pleural ... not reach the pleural ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound