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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
- Clinical manifestations ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... - Diagnosis: ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #management
Lung Infections in HIV - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Disease by CD4 Count:
Any CD4 Count:
 • Mycobacterium tuberculosis,
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Pleuritic CP ... • CT: Halo sign ... Constitutional symptoms ... #differential #diagnosis
Low O2 saturation that does not respond to supplemental O2
- Key diagnostic feature (sat < 85%
for any MetHb level ... CHF, pneumonia, ... COPD, anemia) # ... Diagnosis #Toxicology ... Concentrations #Signs
Bilateral B-Lines in case of Pneumonia on Lung POCUS

Young healthy pt with fever/dyspnea. POCUS lung exam
on Lung POCUS ... POCUS lung exam ... partially seen shred sign ... NOT definitively diagnose ... #Lung #POCUS #clinical
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia - Illness Script

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Unknown trigger, reversible inflammatory/fibroproliferative process. Polypoid fibroblastic aggregates that plug
Males=Females SIGNS ... , dyspnea, fever ... : Clinical diagnosis ... TylerLarsenMD #COP ... #diagnosis #management
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
(CAP) - Diagnosis ... and Management ... Pneumonia Signs ... /Symptoms: • Confusion ... #CAP #Diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
and masses, and exudative ... gradually with symptoms ... Fever 4. ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP ... #management #Toxicology
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
immune compromise Clinical ... Signs/Symptoms: ... be present or signs ... clostridium, klebsiella pneumoniae ... #management
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis ... and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... #Management #Signs
Medical Management of Riot-Control Agents AKA Tear Gas - 
Decontamination:
1) Remove clothing by cutting off, don't
If concern for lung ... or Hx of asthma/COPD ... #treatment #toxicology ... #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms