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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... Bird fanciers' lung ... (COP), Respiratory ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... #diagnosis #differential
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... DDX: • CAP, ... Treatment: • ... #ILD #diagnosis
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
disease-associated interstitial lung ... OP: organizing pneumonia ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
B-Lines in case of Pneumonia ... travel hx, home meds ... Differential Bilat ... Mycoplasma pneumonia ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... similar to AEP or CEP ... Diseases #pulmonary #differential
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... bronchograms (atelectasis has ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... sliding COPD or ... #pulmonary #differential
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... This patient had ... dealing with the differential ... (OP) also known ... #Clinical #Radiology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
misdiagnosed as CAP ... DIAGNOSTICS: Clinical ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... , neoplastic) TREATMENT ... TylerLarsenMD #COP
Causes of Antibiotic Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Diagnosis:
 • Non-Infectious: Malignant, Autoimmune, Drug-related (NMS, serotonin syndrome,
Antibiotic Failure - Differential ... NMS, serotonin syndrome ... Pseudo-cellulitis / "CAP ... (daptomycin in lungs ... thrombophlebitis), HAP
Preterm Infant Complications - Differential Diagnosis
Respiratory:
 • Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)
 • Respiratory Distress
Complications - Differential ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... RDS) • Chronic Lung ... Disease (CLD) ... Diagnosis #Causes #Peds