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Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
MCP and PIP Involvement, Spares DIP, Carpal Tunnel, Sicca Syndrome, Epi/Scleritis, Heart Disease, Rheumatoid
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary ... Disease and ILD ... Arthritis #RA #diagnosis ... #rheumatology # ... signs #symptoms
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis (IPF), ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Sarcoidosis
Stage 1 - Bilateral LAD without involvement of lung parenchyma
Stage 2 - Bilateral LAD with involvement
LAD Stage 4 - Fibrosis ... Pulmonary: - ... #Sarcoidosis #Diagnosis ... Stages #Staging #Signs ... #Symptoms #Summary
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
alveolar interstitial syndrome ... patients with pulmonary ... fibrosis Elena ... ultrasound #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Signs
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 ... : ILD (interstitial ... lung disease), ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
fibrosis. ... due to alveolar syndrome ... fibrotic alveolar syndrome ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... Correlation #Table #ILD
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
disease-associated interstitial lung ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary ... #Rheumatology #
Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MD) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
myelo (marrow) -dys- (abnormal) -plastic (shape) = funny-shaped cells
Myelodysplastic Syndrome ... Summary myelo ( ... : 70 years old, ... Myelodysplastic #Syndrome ... #hematology #oncology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus - Summary
Antinuclear (ANA) - 95% - Initial screening test
Anti-dsDNA - 50%
 • Associated
Erythematosus - Summary ... block • Sjogren syndrome ... Treatment: • Mild ... #diagnosis #rheumatology ... #management
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... #ARDS #Summary ... #CheatSheet #Diagnosis