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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 ... Connective Tissue Disease ... disease (RB-ILD ... #Diseases #ILD
Main causes of diffuse parenchymal lung diseases.

#differential #algorithm #diagnosis #causes #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal #lung #diseases #pulmonary
Main causes of diffuse ... parenchymal lung ... diseases. ... #DPLD #ILD #parenchymal ... #lung #diseases
Diagnostic approach to acute exacerbation in interstitial lung disease.  Abbreviation: ILD, interstitial lung disease; GGO,
disease. ... Abbreviation: ILD ... disease; GGO, ground ... glass opacity; CT ... #Disease #Diagnosis
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... Chemotherapeutic Systemic Disease ... Connective Tissue Disease ... #interstitial #lung ... #disease #pulmonary
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... intersitial space Infection ... Connective Tissue Disease ... disease (nonneoplastic ... #Diseases #ILD
Chronic Cough - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Red Flags:
 • Fever, night sweats, chills (infection)
 • Weight loss,
sweats, chills (infection ... disease or CHF) ... refer + order CT ... disease #Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... with underlying lung ... disease. 15% mortality ... as disseminated disease ... It can also cause
Nail Clubbing - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Bronchopulmonary Disease
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Chronic Lung Infection
 • Lung Cancer
Bronchopulmonary Disease ... Bronchiectasis • Chronic Lung ... Infection • Lung ... (Crohn's Disease ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #causes
Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Lung Disease. ... cell arteritis Infectious ... Metabolic storage disease ... #Diffuse #Lung ... #Disease.
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... disease, volume ... disease, adenitis ... disease ... Imaging, high res CT