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Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
ILD caused by inhalation ... • Idiopathic pulmonary ... ), Cryptogenic organizing ... #ILD #diagnosis ... #causes
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... : • CXR: Peripheral ... Pneumonia - Diagnosis ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
Differential diagnosis ... the differential diagnosis ... caused by streptococcus ... OP is organizing ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Pediatric Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Stridor:
 • Croup
 • Foreign Body
 • Tracheitis
 • Epiglottitis
 •
Pediatric Dyspnea ... Body • Heart Disease ... Ketoacidosis • Pulmonary ... Embolism #Dyspnea #SOB ... #Algorithm #Causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Alveoli • Pneumonia ... Interstitium • ILD ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
masses. ... So we are dealing ... the differential diagnosis ... of organizing pneumonia ... Clinical #Radiology #CXR
It is very important to differentiate between acute consolidation and chronic consolidation, because it will limit
the differential diagnosis ... like organizing ... granulomatous noduli are so ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... Organizing pneumonia ... interstitial lung disease ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
Pneumonia on POCUS ... Otherwise healthy 12mo-old ... >1cm, supports diagnosis ... imaging such as cxr ... lung #ultrasound #pediatrics
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Several of the diagnoses ... This post will focus ... a chest x-ray (CXR ... does a better job ... not seen on a CXR