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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 ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... #ILD #diagnosis
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
Physiologic: ARDS, Diffuse ... : ILD, pHTN, Advanced ... COPD • Dead Space ... Disease: Asthma, COPD ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Diagnosis and Management of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage (DAH)
Blood escaping through the capillary wall into the alveoli,
, due to injury, ... • DAH triad: lung ... opacities, hemoptysis ... infiltrates, no pleural effusion ... #Differential #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Pericardial • Effusion ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD ... #Causes
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
first part of alveolar ... second part of alveolar ... to neurologic injury ... : Interstitial lung ... Pneumonia, asthma, COPD
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Massive Hemoptysis: >150-300 mL in 24h
Airway disease: 
 • Bronchitis, Bronchiectasis, Malignancy
carcinoid, Mets), COPD ... Vascular: • Diffuse ... alveolar hemorrhage ... • Trauma: Postprocedural ... #causes
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
quantify renal injury ... LVEF, pericardial effusion ... alveolar hemorrhage ... (DAH) • Diffuse ... sparing of the lung
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
ultrasonographic features of COVID ... - Pulmonary infiltrating ... super-early stage, then diffuse ... infection; alveolar ... fibrosis #COVID19
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
injury • Indirect ... exudative pleural effusions ... macrophages in alveolar ... • Patchy or diffuse ... Exclude other causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Hemoptysis (occasionally ... phagocytic function of alveolar ... factor • May cause ... pneumonia, pleural effusion ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary