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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Pneumonia (COP) ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Diagnosis: ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cryptogenic Organizing ... , dyspnea, fever ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... #Pneumonia #diagnosis ... #management #pulmonary
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
in case of Pneumonia ... healthy pt with fever ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #ultrasound
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... based on three lines ... e.g., CXR, CT, ultrasound ... Inflammation (e.g., fever ... symptoms (e.g.,
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... lung sliding COPD ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Day 10 after COVID diagnosis. Less tired, but more cough, ageusia & anosmia. No dyspnea or
10 after COVID diagnosis ... dyspnea or red flag symptoms ... No fever. ... clinical #lung #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #BLines
Lung sliding & pneumonia on POCUS
The differential diagnosis for absence of lung sliding includes pneumonia; however,
on POCUS The differential ... diagnosis for absence ... of multiple B-lines ... #ultrasound #pulmonary ... #mimics
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
gradually with symptoms ... Fever 4. ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... Improvement in symptoms ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... abscessus • Line ... Kansasii: • Mimics ... gastrointestinal symptoms ... • Clinical (Symptoms
Beyond the classic trauma patient during your E-Fast Exam, who else does the Sono-Pros scan?
- Primary
young adult, with symptoms ... not limited to COPD ... tuberculosis, necrotizing pneumonia ... #pneumothorax #POCUS ... #ultrasound #diagnosis