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Pulmonary Renal Syndrome

Definition: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage + Glomerulonephritis
Presentation (Pulmonary and renal manifestations can occur weeks apart):
symptomatology Differential ... allopurinol), Infection ... Bronchoscopy with serial ... #differential # ... diagnosis #nephrology
COPD assessment and classification as proposed by GOLD 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2017 Reports. For further
Chronic Obstructive Lung ... Disease; mMRC: ... modified Medical ... #Diagnosis #Pulmonary ... #Comparison #Staging
Right-Sided Heart Failure - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac Causes - Rule out Left-Sided Heart Failure (Most Common):
Heart Failure - Differential ... Diffuse Lung Disease ... Respiratory Distress Syndrome ... • Chronic Lung ... Infection
Hemoptysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Airways: 
 • Bronchitis
 • Bronchiectasis
 • Malignancy: Primary bronchogenic CA, Endobronchial
Parenchyma: • Infection ... westermani, PNA, Lung ... , Idiopathic pulmonary ... • Valvular Disease ... #Diagnosis #pulmonary
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... - HIV infection ... due to lung disease ... lung disease Other ... Classification #Diagnosis #Differential
Connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases

LIP: lymphoid interstitial pneumonia. NSIP: nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. OP: organizing pneumonia.
interstitial lung ... PSS: Sjogren syndrome ... CTILD #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Comparison #Table ... #Pulmonary #Rheumatology
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Pleural Effusion - Differential ... Pneumonectomy • Trapped lung ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... Pleural #Effusion #Pulmonary
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
: • Syndrome of ... History of immunosuppressive ... Disease: Clinical ... Disease: • Clinical ... #differential #
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
Pulmonary Infections ... failure, COPD, Lung ... Cryptococcal Ag, Urine Histo ... Diseases Fellows ... diagnosis #evaluation #differential
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Edema - Differential ... History/Physical ... acute cardiac disease ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Transfusion-related acute lung