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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) ... Connective Tissue Disease ... connective tissue disease ... disease (RB-ILD ... #Diseases #ILD
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Lung Disease. ... arthritis - Dermatomyositis ... Metabolic storage disease ... chemotherapy #Diagnosis ... #Disease.
CT Lung Signs in Pulmonary Diseases - One Page Summary of Pulmonary Signs
 - Air Crescent
CT Lung Signs in ... Pulmonary Diseases ... - CT angiogram ... Lung #Signs #Pulmonary ... #Diseases #diagnosis
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
Dyspnea (underlying lung ... disease or CHF) ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic ... #Algorithm #causes
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
Chemotherapeutic Systemic Disease ... Connective Tissue Disease ... Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis ... #interstitial #lung ... #disease #pulmonary
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
- Differential Diagnosis ... Bronchiectasis • Chronic ... Lung Infection ... • Lung Cancer ... #Algorithm #causes
Cutaneous and Systemic Findings in Dermatomyositis
Cutaneous Findings:
 - Heliotrope sign and edema
 - Nail-fold changes
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- Interstitial lung ... disease - Gastrointestinal ... tract - Cardiac disease ... #Dermatomyositis ... #Diagnosis #Rheumatology
Causes of Pulmonary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
 • Idiopathic
 • Associated with:
Connective Tissue Disease ... Congenital Heart Disease ... Disease and/or ... Metabolic Disorders Chronic ... Thromboembolic Disease
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Connective Tissue Disease ... disease (nonneoplastic ... Beomycin • Acute or Chronic ... #Diseases #ILD
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... hypertension due to lung ... Interstitial lung ... Classification #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Causes