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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... ) Usual Interstitial ... Lung #Diseases #ILD ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Diagnostic algorithm for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, in part adapted from the ATS/ERS consensus statement. HRCT =
Diagnostic algorithm ... computerised tomography; ILD ... = interstitial ... = usual interstitial ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... NAFLD, Others • Mild ... LFTs #Elevated #Abnormal ... Transaminitis #Algorithm
Algorithmic Approach to Acute Interstitial Nephritis
When to suspect AIN? (not sensitive)
 • AKI, AKD, rapidly progressive
Algorithmic Approach ... to Acute Interstitial ... microscopic hematuria, mild ... MatthewHoMD #Acute #Interstitial ... #Algorithm #nephrology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... NAFLD • Others Mild ... • Drugs • AIH ... disease US — Normal ... #Causes
Approach to the diagnosis of chronic hypersensitivity pneumonitis. 
*Consider additional test: bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage, transbronchial
computed tomography; UIP ...  = usual interstitial ... pulmonary #diagnosis #algorithm ... #HP #ILD
Osteomalacia & Osteoporosis in People with HIV
Osteomalacia:
 - Decreased bone matrix mineralization. In people with HIV
(from multiple causes ... Decr PO4, Incr ALP ... of underlying cause ... ; usual reversible ... Osteopenia - Lab: Normal
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Foreign Body • Viral ... Body Decreased Air ... Pneumothorax Normal ... #Causes #Peds #
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... function may be abnormal ... NASH, Chronic viral ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
On the left a chest film of a patient with UIP due to IPF.
The findings on
a patient with UIP ... reticular densities caused ... UsualInterstitialPneumonitis #Usual ... #Interstitial # ... Pneumonitis #Reticular #ILD