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Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - ... Differential Diagnosis ... Pneumonia - fibrosis ... Radiaition • Drugs: Amiodarone ... #ILD #Causes #Differential
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung ... Bird fanciers' lung ... Medication-induced ILD: Amiodarone ... Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... ILD #diagnosis #differential
Amiodarone-Induced Lung Iniurv (AILI) - Timeline
Hours to days (peri-procedurally): ARDS
Days to months: DAH
Weeks: Eosinophilic pneumonia
Weeks to
Amiodarone-Induced ... Lung Iniurv (AILI ... Months to years: Interstitial ... BrighamChiefs #Amiodarone ... pulmonary #diagnosis #differential
Ground-glass opacity
Ground-glass opacity (GGO) represents:
- Filling of the alveolar spaces with pus, edema, hemorrhage, inflammation or
HRCT as seen in fibrosis ... lung disease (i.e ... . fibrosis). ... #GroundGlass #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
ILD of Known Cause - Differential Diagnosis
Exposure:
 • Occupational: Asbestosis, Silicosis, Hypersensitivity, Pneumonitis
 • Treatment Related:
Known Cause - Differential ... Methotrexate, Amiodarone ... #ILD #Causes #Differential ... #Diagnosis #interstitial ... #lung #disease
The idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs) comprise a heterogenous group of disorders. 
They represent fundamental responses of
The idiopathic interstitial ... responses of the lung ... involvement of the lung ... combinations of fibrosis ... ILD #Findings #RadiologyAssistant
Differential diagnosis on HRCT
Most of our knowledge about imaging findings in interstitial lung disease comes from
Differential diagnosis ... lung disease comes ... lung disease and ... #Pattern #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant
#POCUS of the posterior lung bases in a (#covid19 negative) patient with severe idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
#POCUS of the posterior ... lung bases in a ... idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis ... pleural line -lung ... rockets (sonographic interstitial
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
Embolism, Obstructive Lung ... Disease, Interstitial ... Defect: Pulmonary Fibrosis ... , Interstitial Lung ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
Consolidation is synonymous with airspace disease.
When you think of the causes of consolidation, think of 'what
Even fibrosis as ... UIP, NSIP and long ... Consolidation #Differential ... #RadiologyAssistant