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Diagnostic algorithm for a child or adolescent with suspected pulmonary hypertension. CHD, congenital heart disease; CPET,
Diagnostic algorithm ... , chronic lung disease ... #Diagnosis #Peds ... #Pediatrics #Pulmonary ... #Hypertension #Workup
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
ILD of Known Cause ... - Differential ... Pneumonitis • Treatment ... #lung #disease ... #pulmonary
Hyperacute Hypoxemia - Workup and Management
Differential Diagnosis: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
and Management Differential ... , Flash Pulmonary ... Exam, POCUS (B-lines ... , lung sliding) ... #treatment #criticalcare
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... other processes Workup ... strep, HIV • CTD workup ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... #ILD #diagnosis
Pulmonary Renal Syndromes - OnePager Summary
Autoimmune ANCA vasculitis (AAV): GPA (granulomatous with polyangiitis), EGPA (eosinophilic granulomatosis
mononeuritis multiplex WORKUP ... Anti-GBM antibody • Urine ... : UA, Urine protein ... sparing of the lung ... #treatment
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
AECOPD) Obtain workup ... limitation (GOLD Ill ... ventilated • CXR, Lung ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
failure, COPD, Lung ... Cryptococcal Ag, Urine ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation ... #differential #
Incidental Finding of Oleothorax - A chest radiograph showed a dense opacity in the upper area
The differential ... diagnosis for this ... abnormality includes an old ... her history of treatment ... for pulmonary tuberculosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... excretion (e.g., urine ... the critically ill ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary
Blastomycosis Summary

Pathogen: 
 • Dimorphic fungus - Blastomyces dermatitidis or Blastomyces gilchristii.
 • The fungus lives
Farmer and forestry work ... The Disease: • Pulmonary ... adjacent to the focus ... Treatment: ... • Mild-moderate