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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
10 pounds • Hemoptysis ... Rare: pleural effusions ... , Diffuse alveolar ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Physiologic: ARDS ... , Diffuse Alveolar ... : Pneumonia, Mucous ... : ILD, pHTN, Advanced ... COPD • Dead Space
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Pericardial • Effusion ... • Asthma • COPD ... AlveoliPneumonia ... • ARDSCOPD ... Interstitium • ILD
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV/AIDS ... Patients • Diffuse ... alveolar proteinosis ... Actinomyces spp., NHL; Lung ... Parapneumonic effusion
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Hemoptysis (occasionally ... phagocytic function of alveolar ... , pleural effusion ... Infections #HIV #AIDS ... #pulmonary #differential
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 ... Diagnosis #Management #Pulmonary
Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure - Differential Diagnosis Framework
DECREASED INSPIRED OXYGEN
 • Low PATM Can decrease first part
first part of alveolar ... to neurologic injury ... : Interstitial lung ... hypoxemia • Causes: 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 ... Differential #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Hypoxemia / Hypoxia - Rapid Response Management Algorithm

Stridor - Upper airway pathology:
 • Anaphylaxis
 • Foreign
pathology: • Blood: diffuse ... alveolar hemorrhage ... • Pus: pneumonia ... pneumothorax, COPD ... atelectasis • Lung
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Sheet An acute diffuse ... injury, leading ... to increased pulmonary ... cause such as trauma ... oxygenation in pneumonia