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Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by vasculopathy and progressive fibrosis of skin and internal organs
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and progressive fibrosis ... skin thickening Signs ... and Symptoms: ... : ILD (interstitial ... #symptoms #testing
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
infection; alveolar interstitial ... patients with pulmonary ... fibrosis Elena ... Lung #ultrasound #POCUS ... #Diagnosis #Signs
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA): Extra-articular manifestations
Skin: 
 • Inflammation of skin (esp. over areas of stress) forms
Pericarditis) -> Chest ... Dyspnea, pleuritic chest ... lung disease/pulmonary ... fibrosis (mechanism ... #signs #symptoms
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
interstitium and ... infiltrates on chest ... • Signs/Symptoms ... scattered crackles, chest ... • Signs/Symptoms
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
inflammation Symptoms ... Loss of weight • Chest ... Causes: • Cystic fibrosis ... Nasal polyps and signs ... high-resolution chest
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
survival is 93-95% Pathophysiology ... fibroblasts → fibrosis ... Pulmonary: dyspnea ... , cough, chest pain ... Diagnosis #Management #Signs
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
gradually with symptoms ... Pleuritic chest ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... Improvement in symptoms ... reticular opacities on chest
Ankylosing Spondylitis: Extra-articular Manifestations
 • Ocular - Inflammation of the iris, the anterior part of the
Disease (IBO), but IBD ... -> Apical lung fibrosis ... Complications #pathophysiology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
• Pleuritic chest ... • CT: Halo sign ... Lymphadenopathy, Chest ... breath, Fatigue, Chest ... Pneumonia: • Chest
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
and effusion - Pulmonary ... infection; alveolar interstitial ... fibrosis #COVID19 ... #pneumonia #ChestCT ... #Ultrasound #POCUS