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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 ... fibrosis (IPF), ... #differential #pulmonary ... #causes
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Tamponade Pulmonary ... • Parenchyma: ILD ... Vasculature: - PE - Pulmonary ... Transverse myelitis • Hematology ... #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 ... calcinosis • Pulmonary ... : ILD (interstitial ... disease), PAH (pulmonary ... Scleroderma #SSc #rheumatology
COVID-19 Findings on Lung ultrasound
 - Thickened pleural line
 - B lines (multifocal, discrete, or confluent)
early stage and in mild ... in critically ill ... patients with pulmonary ... fibrosis Elena ... Lung #ultrasound #POCUS
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Interstitial Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
Bronchiectasis - Permanent dilation of an airway
WHAT CAN YOU SEE ON CT?
1) Lack of tapering of
WHAT ARE COMMON CAUSES ... Obstruction 6) Rheumatologic ... Aspiration 8) Fibrosis ... Bronchiectasis #pulmonary ... #differential #causes
Figure 3 HRCT-LUS correlation in normal lung, pulmonary congestion, rheumatoid lung disease, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Notes: (A)
in normal lung, pulmonary ... disease, idiopathic pulmonary ... fibrosis. ... Diagnosis #HRCT #POCUS ... Correlation #Table #ILD
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
, COPD, Cystic fibrosis ... Kaposi's sarcoma • Rheumatologic ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary ... #causes
Endomyocardial Fibrosis (EMF) on POCUS Echocardiogram

45 yo woman. Two days of chest pain and mild cough.
Endomyocardial Fibrosis ... (EMF) on POCUS ... chest pain and mild ... Endomyocardial #Fibrosis ... #clinical #a4c
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
indicates unknown cause ... combinations of fibrosis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD