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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Idiopathic ... - fibrosis, with ... intersitial space Infection ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Bronchiectasis: diagnosis ... and management ... cough, Bacterial pneumonia ... #workup #algorithm ... #pulmonary
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 ... : ILD (interstitial ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #signs
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
infection; alveolar ... patients with pulmonary ... fibrosis Elena ... ultrasound #POCUS #Diagnosis ... #Signs
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
Algorithm Stridor ... hemorrhage • Pus: pneumonia ... atelectasis • Lung fibrosis ... #differential #Diagnosis ... #Management #Algorithm
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
Differential diagnosis ... reversed halo sign ... hypersensitivity pneumonitis, infection ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Algorithm
Rheumatoid Arthritis Summary
Overview: chronic, inflammatory symmetric polyarthritis involving small joints of hands/feet, knees, shoulders
Signs & Symptoms:
knees, shoulders Signs ... : CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS ... corticosteroid injections ... Certolizumab, Golimumab), IL ... #management #rheumatology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
pneumonitis Diagnosis ... failure - Infectious ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... suggestive but not diagnostic ... #diagnosis #management
TAFRO

TAFRO syndrome was first described in 2010, standing for:
- Thrombocytopenia
- Anasarca
- Fever
- Reticulin fibrosis
- Organomegaly

TAFRO syndrome
Fever - Reticulin fibrosis ... vasculitis - Infectious ... fast bacterial infection ... Histopathological Diagnoses ... #management #rheumatology
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
Tenderness → Consider infectious ... Anti-MDA5 (RP-ILD ... ), dermato-rheumatologic ... papules and Gottron sign ... ) • Shawl sign