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Classification of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease

#diffuse #Parenchymal #Lung #Disease #differential #diagnosis #interstitial #pulmonary
Classification of ... Disease #diffuse ... #Parenchymal #Lung ... #Disease #differential ... #interstitial #pulmonary
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
assessment and classification ... Chronic Obstructive Lung ... Disease; mMRC: ... COPD Assessment Test ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary
Cavitary Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm
Acute / Subacute:
 • Acute Infections: Lung abscess,
Cavitary Lung Disease ... - Differential ... Diagnosis and Workup ... Algorithm #lesion #pulmonary ... #differential
Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
congenital heart disease ... ; CLD, chronic lung ... disease; LFT, liver ... function test. ... #Hypertension #Workup
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
(HPS) HPS-differential ... Pulmonary vasculature ... Diseases of the ... lung parenchyma ... HPS-severity classification
Upper Lobe Lung Diseases - STAR CHASERS Mnemonic

S - Silicosis
T - Tuberculosis
A - Ankylosing Spondylitis
R -
• ↑ Mechanical stress ... Pulmonary Diseases ... Silicosis - Coal worker ... Increased mechanical stress ... #diseases #differential
Schematic classification of interstitial lung diseases according to aetiology. The finding of histological usual interstitial pneumonitis
Schematic classification ... of interstitial lung ... diseases according ... of idiopathic pulmonary ... #ILD #Classification
GOLD2017 - The refined ABCD assessment tool. FEV1: forced expiratory volume in 1 s; FVC: forced vital
Chronic Obstructive Lung ... Disease; mMRC: ... COPD Assessment Test ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... Staging #Grading #Classification
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
• Idiopathic pulmonary ... Churg Strauss syndrome ... Acute, Chronic • Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #differential ... #pulmonary #causes
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... due to lung disease ... lung disease Other ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification ... #Diagnosis #Differential