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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... - Diagnosis: ... DDX: • CAP, ... #COP #BOOP #pulmonary ... #management
Venn Diagram - Does this patient have pneumonia?
Diagnosis is generally based on three lines of evidence:
Diagnosis is generally ... infiltrate (e.g., CXR, CT ... , ultrasound) - ... symptoms (e.g., ... #Pulmonolary
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... Infections #HIV #AIDS #pulmonary ... #differential #diagnosis
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... /Symptoms: • Confusion ... radiograph or CT ... #CAP #Diagnosis ... #Pulmonary #Community
High-Res Chest CT Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Reticular:
 • Septal Thickening: Lymphangitic Carcinoma, Interstitial Edema, Alveolar
High-Res Chest CT ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hypersensitivity Pneumonia ... HighRes #Chest #CT ... #pulmonary #radiology
Cardiac Stress Testing
Exercise:
 • Everyone who can exercise should!
 • They must be able to raise
85% of predicted value ... ventricular arrythmias Diagnostics ... SPECT ($$$), PET CT ... Stress #Testing #cardiology ... #management #diagnosis
Miliary Pattern - Chest Radiology
 • Miliary opacities are scattered, small (1 -4 mm) nodules
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Pattern - Chest Radiology ... Differential Diagnosis ... rarely typical pneumonia ... #pulmonary #CXR ... #clinical #CT
X-ray limitations
It’s important to know the limitations of X-rays so we can correctly interpret them in
of X-rays so we can ... interpret them in clinical ... Point Of Care UltraSound ... (POCUS) to CT or ... #Diagnosis #Radiology
Pott's Disease in Tuberculosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
 - Typically from TB endemic areas
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and Management ... extrapulmonary cases Clinical ... of active pulmonary ... for concomitant pulmonary ... involvement - CT
Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
radiation dose Ultrasound ... MRI - Limited value ... - Limited IVP can ... scan) when an ultrasound ... stones #calculus #Radiology