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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
can be seen in ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Diagnosis: ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Lung Ultrasound for Diagnosing Pneumonia - Scan through 6 zones (3 per side) 1. Midclavicular line
Ultrasound for Diagnosing ... Pneumonia - Scan ... #Peds #EM #PICU ... #POCUS #Lung #Pneumonia ... #Assessment #Technique
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Pleuritic CP ... : • Risk: Can ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Cough, dyspnea, fever ... : Clinical diagnosis ... identified (autoimmune, meds ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... #pulmonary
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 ... healthy pt with fever ... travel hx, home meds ... /lung sliding: Pulmonary ... NOT definitively diagnose
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... heart failure, COPD ... High res CT chest scan ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation
Admitting in the ICU - Checklist
VITALS: If bad, stop and go see the patient immediately; you
failure, esp in work-up ... own objective assessment ... pts a CBC and CMP ... bedside echo is never ... Pearls #Checklist #diagnosis
Evaluation of suspected incomplete Kawasaki Disease

1. AHA consensus recommendations
2. Infants ≤6 months old on day ≥7
old on day ≥7 of fever ... Can treat before ... and lab signs (CRP ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Kawasaki
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
treatment) • Can ... Fever 4. ... pneumonitis Diagnosis ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP ... #diagnosis #management
Beyond the classic trauma patient during your E-Fast Exam, who else does the Sono-Pros scan?
- Primary
the Sono-Pros scan ... not limited to COPD ... tuberculosis, necrotizing pneumonia ... #pneumothorax #POCUS ... #ultrasound #diagnosis