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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
of interstitial lung ... Diagnosis: • Lung ... TBNA or Surgical lung ... • CTD workup: ANA ... ILD #diagnosis #management
8cm AAA (long axis) presenting as non traumatic left hip pain.

#AAA #POCUS #Clinical #Ultrasound #Abdominal #Vascular
8cm AAA (long axis ... #AAA #POCUS #Clinical ... #Ultrasound #Abdominal ... #Vascular
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
, inflammatory lung ... increased pulmonary vascular ... permeability, lung ... with decreased lung ... oxygenation in pneumonia
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Hypoventilation Syndrome, Muscular ... Atelectasis, ARDS, Pneumonia ... Embolism, Obstructive Lung ... , Interstitial Lung ... UnremarkableLab #AA
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Diagnosis and Management ... patient with known AAA ... no matter how long ... compression of AAA ... #Summary #vascular
AAA on POCUS presenting as non traumatic left hip pain.

This woman presented with left hip pain.
AAA on POCUS presenting ... Vascular consult ... warranted for this 8cm AAA ... (long axis) presenting ... POCUS #Clinical #Ultrasound
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
ASA class If ... - Peripheral vascular ... unless prior heart/lung ... and undergoing AAA ... medical and surgical management
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
and diplopia) • Vascular ... inhibitors • Uveitis- Ophthalmology ... Glucocorticoids 5-ASA ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Autoimmune Myositis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Myopathies: Commonly symmetric proximal muscle weakness, no substantial muscle pain
• Anti-NXP2 (ANA ... • Interstitial lung ... of aspiration pneumonia ... of aspiration pneumonia ... muscle disease/muscular