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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... disease (RB-ILD ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... #Diseases #ILD ... #diagnosis #differential
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Distress Syndrome ... leading to increased pulmonary ... consistent with pulmonary ... failure should be ruled ... #CheatSheet #Diagnosis
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
interstitial lung ... AIP: acute interstitial ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... ConnectiveTissueDiseases #ILD ... Comparison #Table #Pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Stable Angina • Acute ... Coronary Syndrome ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... Interstitium • ILD
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Cardiac Causes - Rule ... Diffuse Lung Disease ... • Acute Respiratory ... Distress Syndrome
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
Berlin Criteria for Acute ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... lobar collapse, lung ... : - Mild - ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
DiseasesAcute ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... parasites; Travel hx, food ... #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
- Differential Diagnosis ... cardiac disease ... respiratory distress syndrome ... (ARDS) • Opioid ... lung injury (TRALI
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... animals • Milk • Food ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... Lung Disease:
Guillain-Barre Syndrome - Summary

Acute AIDP that presents with rapidly progressive flaccid weakness

Epidemiology:
 • 1-2 cases/100,000 per
- Summary Acute ... • Weakness: mild ... : Due to nerve root ... variants: (1) acute ... #diagnosis #management