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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Pericardial • Effusion ... • Asthma • COPD ... Thickening/Masses Chest ... Pneumonia • ARDS • COPD ... Interstitium • ILD
Capnography
Measurement of exhaled carbon dioxide can be used to confirm ETT placement, for safer procedural sedation,
Specific capnograph patterns ... Downsloping phase III: copd ... mechanical ventilation breath ... airway obstruction, copd ... interpretation #waveforms #patterns
Bronchopneumonia Consolidation Pattern on Chest X-Ray

Patchy areas of consolidation that may be initially limited to one
Consolidation Pattern ... Patchy areas of ... to one or more pulmonary ... Consolidation #Pattern ... #clinical #radiology
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
Low Attenuation pattern ... adenopathy and pleural effusion ... low attenuation areas ... #HRCT #CTChest ... LowAttenuation #Cystic #Pattern
Patterns of disease in advanced COPD

Type A: 
Pink Puffer (Emphysema Predominant) 
Major complaint is dyspnea, often
Patterns of disease ... in advanced COPD ... comfortable at rest ... #COPD #Patterns ... #BlueBloater #Pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia (COP ... consolidation and GG pattern ... Rare: pleural effusions ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
Patterns - Differential ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia, COP ... Sarcoidosis, NSIP, COP ... #CT #Patterns # ... #radiology
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... called cryptogenic (COP ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
restricted to areas ... small pleural effusions ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP # ... Organizing #Pneumonia #ILD
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
have specific patterns ... realise, that these patterns ... of NSIP, UIP, OP ... #Pulmonary #CTChest ... IdiopathicInterstitialPneumonia #ILD