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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Cryptogenic Organizing ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Pulmonary lymphoma, Diffuse ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... respond to the treatment ... idiopathic it is called cryptogenic
Hair Loss (Alopecia) - General (Diffuse and Focal) Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

DIFFUSE
Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... DIFFUSE Scarring ... planopilaris Pattern ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #causes
Emergency Management of Hyperkalemia in Adults
Assess Patient - Airway Breathing Circulation Disability Exposure (ABCDE) Approach
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Patient - Airway Breathing ... mmol/L - Consider cause ... and if treatment ... Prevention - Consider cause ... Hyperkalemia #management #algorithm
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... lymphadenopathy more diffuse ... involvement, irregular pattern ... Responsive to Treatment ... #differential #algorithm
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Goodpasture's cause ... capillaritis leading to diffuse ... hemorrhage (DAH) • Diffuse ... • IF staining patterns ... diagnosis #management #treatment
Diffuse Hair Loss (Alopecia) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Scarring - Irreversible-biopsy required
 • Lupus erythematosus
 • Lichen
Diffuse Hair Loss ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... planopilaris Pattern ... Psychological stress #Diffuse ... #causes
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
When we infuse Normal ... K+ in the ECF causes ... patients we are all treating ... management #diagnosis #treatment