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Bronchiectasis: diagnosis and management 

Causes of localized -> diffuse bronchiectasis
Foreign body, Bronchial stenosis (tumor, .. ),
Causes of localized ... -> diffuse bronchiectasis ... Cystic fibrosis, primary ... Differential #workup #algorithm ... #pulmonary
Lupus Nephritis Primer
Class I - Minimal Mesangial
Class II - Mesangial Proliferative
Class Ill - Focal Proliferative
Class IV
Lupus Nephritis Primer ... IV - Diffuse Proliferative ... Nephritis #SLE #Classification ... #Classes #differential ... #diagnosis #management
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Cardiac Causes ... Causes: - Parenchyma ... Disease • Diffuse ... Embolism • Primary ... #causes
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... multifactorial mechanisms Hematologic ... disorders Others: tumoral ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification ... #Differential #Causes
Rapidly Progressive Glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
RPGN has three primary pathophysiologic causes differentiated by immunofluorescence

Immune Complex Mediated (granular staining):
RPGN has three primary ... pathophysiologic causes ... With associated pulmonary ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm ... #rheumatology
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... sputum culture, urinary ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... Pneumonia #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... ILD #diagnosis #management
Clarkson’s Disease - Capillary leak syndrome
Epidemiology: Roughly 150 published cases, Median age 50 years, No sex
150 published cases ... abdominal pain, Diffuse ... filling +++ (risk of pulmonary ... syndrome #diagnosis #management ... timeline #treatment #rheumatology