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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Imaging: • CXR ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Step by Step Algorithmic Approach to Pediatric Fever

Age < 21 days old (or 28 days for
Approach to Pediatric Fever ... >= 0.5 ng/mL CRP ... #Pediatrics #Peds ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Infant #Fever
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing ... Cough, dyspnea, fever ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... #management #pulmonary
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... for alternate diagnoses ... CBC, vitamin D level ... ventilated • CXR ... #treatment #pulmonary
“Step by Step” – the new kid on the block – aims to risk stratify this
an infant with fever ... < 20 mg/L #Diagnosis ... #Management #Pediatrics ... #Peds #Febrile ... Stratification #Fever
Chest Pain Diagnosis and Management Algorithm
STEMI:
 - Hx: Pressure like CP, Radiation to arm/jaw, CAD risk
and Management ... Limb ischemia Pulmonary ... friction rub, Fever ... , Dyspnea, H/O COPD ... #Management #Algorithm
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
and other non-pulmonary ... with cough and fever ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
esp in work-up/management ... pts a CBC and CMP ... get an EKG and CXR ... bedside echo is never ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Active TB: • Fever ... cough Pleuritic CP ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Management #Treatment
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
Active TB: • Fever ... cough Pleuritic CP ... and Culture • CXR ... disease • Check CXR ... #Management #Treatment