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The Many Flavors of EVALI (E-cigarette or Vaping Associated Lung Injury)
 - Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
 - Organizing
Vaping Associated Lung ... Injury) - Hypersensitivity ... vaping #lunginjury #pulmonary ... #Differential #
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... Transfusion-related acute lung ... injury (TRALI) ... Traumatic brain injury ... #edema #NCPE #differential
Chest Trauma Complications - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Pericarditis
 • Myocardial Contusion
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Complications - Differential ... • Diaphragm Injury ... • Esophageal Injury ... Lung: • Pulmonary ... Complications #Differential
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
Respiratory Failure - Differential ... to neurologic injury ... : Interstitial lung ... bypassing the lungs ... Failure #hypoxia #Differential
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Pleural Effusion - Differential ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... • Postcardiac injury ... Pleural #Effusion #Pulmonary
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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throughout the lungs ... diffuse inhalational injury ... Differential Diagnosis ... Chest #Radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #pulmonary
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
Pulmonary Renal ... quantify renal injury ... coagulopathy) • CBC w differential ... sparing of the lung ... Renal #Syndromes #differential
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential ... Prosthetic valves Lung ... Legionnaires disease • Pulmonary ... Pneumonia • Other lung ... Dehydrogenase #Elevated #differential
Uncommon Causes of Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema (NCPE) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

High Altitude Pulmonary Edema:
 • Accumulation
Edema (NCPE) - Differential ... blood cells in the lung ... Traumatic brain injury ... nervous system injury ... edema #causes #differential
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
bronchial wall injury ... in the adjacent lung ... • Pulmonary artery ... of the affected lung ... #differential #