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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
pneumonia • formerly BOOP ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... History: cough, dyspnea ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #pulmonary #ILD
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... Presentation: • Dyspnea ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... ) on room air Treatment ... #management #treatment
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy ... exclude other causes ... cardiomyopathy • Pulmonary ... typical HF sx: dyspnea ... management #cardiology #treatment
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
Treat underlying cause ... Facial swelling, dyspnea ... Adjuncts: loop diuretics ... renal failure, pulmonary ... Oncology #HemeOnc #Diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
arteriovenous shunting causes ... • Progressive dyspnea ... the left heart TREATMENT ... • No effective medical ... only definitive treatment
Mitral valve regurgitation is the heart’s version of a plot twist — just when you think
flowing forward, boom ... symptoms — fatigue, dyspnea ... that glorious pulmonary ... Diagnosis by echocardiography ... detective story, and treatment