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Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... Subacute: • Acute ... abscess, Necrotizing Pneumonia ... Fungal, Parasitic, Viral ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... (DIP), Acute interstitial ... : Acute, Chronic ... • Pulmonary Langerhans ... #differential #pulmonary
Causes of Cough and Hemoptysis
Acute Inflammation 
 - Laryngitis 
 - Tracheobronchitis 
 - Mycoplasma and
and Hemoptysis Acute ... Mycoplasma and Viral ... Pneumonias - ... Bacterial Pneumonias ... Cancer of the Lung
Radiographic Features of Pulmonary Diseases
 - Pneumonia
 - Atelectasis
 - Emphysema
 - Pneumothorax
 - Effusion
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Diseases - Pneumonia ... - Nodular - Acute ... Glass Opacity - Chronic ... Embolism - Acute ... #Patterns #Lung
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
Diagnosis Framework Disease ... angioinvasive disease ... Cytopenias VIRAL ... Abdominal pain, chronic ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), • Pulmonary ... leaking out of pulmonary ... , Beomycin • Acute ... or Chronic Radiation ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... disease, liver ... Brain Failure Lung ... Injury (DILI) Viral ... #Chronic #Liver
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
to Eosinophilic Lung ... DiseasesAcute ... Eosinophilic Pneumonia ... cough, SOB • Chronic ... #Diseases #pulmonary
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
differentiate between acute ... In chronic disease ... - Lung neoplasms ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... Consolidation #Acute
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
104°F) • Lobar pneumonia ... gram-negative pneumonia ... • Acute bacterial ... infections • Acute ... or lung abscess