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Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
of Diffuse Alveolar ... • DAH triad: lung ... opacities, hemoptysis ... #Pulmonary #Differential ... #Causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
History: cough, dyspnea ... 10 pounds • Hemoptysis ... Rare: pleural effusions ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reach the terminal alveoli ... taken up by the alveolar ... abscess Primary ... • Dyspnea • Lymphadenopathy ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
reach the terminal alveoli ... taken up by the alveolar ... abscess Primary ... • Dyspnea • Lymphadenopathy ... TB #Diagnosis #Management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
exudative pleural effusions ... Dyspnea 3. ... macrophages in alveolar ... • Patchy or diffuse ... #diagnosis #management