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Chest Pain - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Chest Pain:
 • Myocardium:
	- Myocarditis
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
	- Myopericarditis
- Tamponade Pulmonary ... Pleuritis • Alveoli ... : - CHF - Pneumonia ... • Pleura: - Effusion ... #Causes #Cardiology
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
• DAH triad: lung ... opacities, hemoptysis ... infiltrates, no pleural effusion ... #Management #Pulmonary ... #Differential #Causes
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
space (pleural effusion ... After treatment ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... #AlveolarEdema
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... 10 pounds • Hemoptysis ... Rare: pleural effusions ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #ILD #diagnosis
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
alveolar proteinosis ... complex • Nodular/Masses ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... #differential #diagnosis ... #chestCT #radiology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
starting amiodarone treatment ... exudative pleural effusions ... macrophages in alveolar ... Exclude other causes ... macrophages Treatment
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
LVEF, pericardial effusion ... Goodpasture's cause ... leading to diffuse alveolar ... sparing of the lung ... #management #treatment
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
with presence of pulmonary ... the determined cause ... algorithm #management #cardiology ... #foamed #heartfailure ... #chf #criticalcare
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... phagocytic function of alveolar ... factor • May cause ... pneumonia, pleural effusion ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is the result of insufficient output because of cardiac failure, high resistance
heart failure (CHF ... In the lungs LV ... finally into the alveoli ... disease and causes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology