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Monoarthritis - Differential Diagnosis
Infection (Acute):
 - S. aureus (most common)
 - S. pneumonia
 - Salmonella (in
- Differential Diagnosis ... common) - S. pneumonia ... birefringent - CPPD ... spondylarthritis - IBD ... Sarcoid - Erosive OA
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... - Diagnosis: ... Treatment: • Mild ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD ... #diagnosis #management
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... x-ray there is an ill-defined ... In the proper clinical ... weight loss or long ... #Clinical #Radiology
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
idiopathic interstitial pneumonias ... responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Ultrasound Findings ... pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... sliding COPD or ... #differential #diagnosis ... #ultrasound #findings
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
B-Lines in case of Pneumonia ... had Mycoplasma pneumonia ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... the differential diagnosis ... Biopsy revealed the diagnosis ... of organizing pneumonia ... #Clinical #Radiology
High Output Heart Failure - Pathophysiology and Differential Diagnosis
Obesity - Systemic Vasodilation, Vasoactive Adipokines
Arteriovenous Fistula -
and Differential Diagnosis ... Acquired (e.g., iHD ... Vasodilation Lung ... Disease - Especially COPD ... #cardiology #causes
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
for alternate diagnoses ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... deficiency for newly diagnosed ... of AECOPD: • Clinical
Viral Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Scanning lung pleura; findings include B-lines and a sub pleural consolidation.
Viral Pneumonia ... on Lung POCUS ... #Lung #POCUS #ultrasound ... #pulmonary #radiology ... #clinical #labeled