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Causes of Diffuse Lung Disease. 
Collagen vascular 
 - Scleroderma 
 - Rheumatoid arthritis 
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Causes of Diffuse ... granulomatosis - Churg-Strauss ... cell arteritis Infectious ... chemotherapy #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #Pulmonology
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
- Differential Diagnosis ... Acute Respiratory Distress ... Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung Infection ... #HeartFailure #Cardiology
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... pulmonary infection ... with underlying lung ... It can also cause ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis
Cavitary Lung Lesions - Differential
Infection - Malignancy - Rheumatologic - Other

- Dr. David Furfaro https://twitter.com/david_furfaro

#Cavitary #Cavity
Cavitary Lung Lesions ... Differential Infection ... #Lesions #Causes ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary
Causes of Respiratory Distress in the Newborn - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Premature Newborn
 - Normal CXR:
Causes of Respiratory ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Syndrome (RDS)* ... Syndrome (RDS)* ... #Algorithm #Causes
Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Eosinophilia
Infection:
 • Helminthic: Loffler syndrome (Ascaris, hookworm, Strongyloides), Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia (lymphatic
Differential Diagnosis ... Infection: • ... Helminthic: Loffler syndrome ... polyangiitis (EGPA, Churg-Strauss ... #causes
Causes of Pharyngitis - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Bacterial: Group A Strep, Group B and C Strep,
Causes of Pharyngitis ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Infectious: ... Group B and C Strep ... #Causes
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Diseases #ILD #diagnosis ... #causes
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Causes of Pleural ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... #Hepatology #causes
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
- Differential Diagnosis ... Parenchyma: • Infection ... westermani, PNA, Lung ... , Idiopathic pulmonary ... #pulmonary #causes