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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Imaging: • CXR ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
some diseases can ... caused by streptococcus ... The old name is ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
and Management ... Pneumonia Signs ... urea nitrogen level ... Yield of blood CX ... procalcitonin level
CNS Infections - Viral Encephalitis and Bacterial Meningitis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Viral Encephalitis:
MCC: Enteroviruses (e.g., coxsackievirus
Powassan, louping ill ... Photophobia • Nausea ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... Acute meningeal signs ... (< 50%) • S. pneumoniae
Diffuse consolidation in bronchopneumonia
Here another case of diffuse consolidation.
This patient had fever and cough.
This was thought
This patient had fever ... to multifocal ill-defined ... be caused by many ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Pneumonia
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
treatment) • Can ... Fever 4. ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... Pulmonary #diagnosis #management
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... vessels, or acutely ill ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #management ... l#foamed #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
treat the primary cause ... vessels, or acutely ill ... may not be the case ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... #management #clinical
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Signs of poor perfusion ... Signs of congestion ... the determined cause ... #differential #algorithm ... #management #cardiology
Pectus excavatum
In patients with a pectus excavatum the right heart border can be ill-defined, but this
right heart border can ... be ill-defined, ... produces a silhouette sign ... helpful in such cases ... #CXR #Pectus #Excavatum