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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) ... ILD caused by inhalation ... disease (RB-ILD ... #Diseases #ILD ... #pulmonary #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Stable Angina • Acute ... EffusionsPleural ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Interstitium • ILD
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
reflection) Pneumonia ... the severity Acute ... Respiratory Distress ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Lung Disease - ... Radiaition • Drugs: Amiodarone ... , Beomycin • Acute ... #Diseases #ILD
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Causes of Dyspnea ... Pulmonary/Chest ... flare, Pleural ... effusion, Pneumonia ... effusion, Pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... Rare: pleural effusions ... - Diagnosis: ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
and exudative pleural ... effusionsAcute ... respiratory distress ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... #diagnosis #management
Empyema Necessitans (EN) on Chest POCUS

Pulmonary teaching case: you are called to the bedside of a
was admitted for pneumonia ... - What’s the diagnosis ... effusion where ... pulmonary #respiratory ... #Chest #Lung
Blastomycosis (Blastomyces): Gilchrist’s disease, Chicago disease - Summary Sheet
 • Morphology
 • Geography, Reservoir and Mode
inoculation • Clinical ... presentation - Acute ... patterns, small pleural ... effusions) ... - Pulmonary disease
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Acute Respiratory ... Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... the underlying cause ... oxygenation in pneumonia ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis