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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
• formerly BOOP ... - Clinical manifestations ... Rare: pleural effusions ... - Diagnosis: ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Effusion ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Pulmonary Alveoli • Pneumonia ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Hypoxemia- Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Ventilation/perfusion Mismatch
 • Airway Disease (Asthma, COPD)
 • Vascular (PE*)
 •
Causes of Hypoxemia ... Disease (Asthma, COPD ... • Interstitial lung ... Malformation • Severe Pneumonia ... #Algorithm #Causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
pleura reflection) Pneumonia ... pleura in severe cases ... sliding COPD or ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... multiple ill-defined masses ... (OP) also known ... as BOOP. ... #Clinical #Radiology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
Amiodarone Induced Lung ... Direct cytotoxic lung ... exudative pleural effusions ... of lipid-laden 'foamy ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP
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 ... infected pleural effusion ... Necessitans #EN #Chest #clinical ... respiratory #Chest #Lung
Cardiac Tamponade on Echocardiogram in Slow Motion (PLAX)
EchoProTip: Does this patient has a potentially hemodynamically compromising
hemodynamically compromising effusion ... Clinical diagnosis ... large pericardial effusion ... Hemodynamically stable ... In my book this
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
diagnosis but rather ... the determined cause ... #algorithm #management ... cardiology #treatment #table ... #foamed #heartfailure
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
are typically able ... treat the primary cause ... #diagnosis #algorithm ... echocardiogram #management #clinical ... #criticalcare #foamed