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Contraception Quick Start Algorithm
 1. Pill, Patch, Ring, Injection
 2. Progestin IUD or Implant
 3. Copper
Progestin IUD or ... Copper IUD #Contraception ... gynecology #management #IUD ... #birthcontrol
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia ... Acute interstitial pneumonia ... • Eosinophilic pneumonia ... differential #pulmonary #causes
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
, Cryptococcal pneumonia ... - 20% of pneumonias ... Legionella: • Nausea ... factor • May cause ... reported in 100% of cases
Interstitial pneumonias
An acute reticular pattern is most frequently caused by interstitial edema due to cardiac heart
Interstitial pneumonias ... most frequently caused ... The other cause ... is interstitial pneumonia ... PCP Mycoplasma pneumonia
Pathogens in Pneumonia

Here is a quick review of the pathogens causing pneumonia (useful for enumerating differentials
Pathogens in Pneumonia ... pathogens causing pneumonia ... your grand rounds/cases ... FACTOR): - S. pneumoniae ... #Microbiology #Causes
Lobar pneumonia
On the chest x-ray there is an ill-defined area of increased density in the right
Lobar pneumonia ... include the list of causes ... an acute lobar pneumonia ... caused by Streptcoccus ... pneumoniae.
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia ... of organizing pneumonia ... Unknown • 6-7 cases ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
Tree in Bud Sign
The Tree-in-Bud sign represents Endobronchial spread in a linear branching pattern and centrilobular
Tree in Bud Sign ... It is caused by ... actually seen in all causes ... bacterial/viral/fungal pneumonia ... , congenital causes
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Causes of Interstitial ... Usual Interstitial Pneumonia ... , worse at the bases ... Lung #Diseases #ILD ... #Causes #Differential
Childhood Immunization Schedule: Why we immunize
 • Diphtheria Toxin -> URT inflammation causes pseudomembrane with hardened
respiratory failure, pneumonia ... rhinorrhea, cough; pneumonia ... , pharyngitis; pneumonia ... Streptococcus pneumoniae ... otitis media; pneumonia