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CT Lung Signs in Pulmonary Diseases - One Page Summary of Pulmonary Signs
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CT Lung Signs in ... Pulmonary Diseases ... #ChestCT #CT #Lung ... #Signs #Pulmonary ... #Diseases #diagnosis
General overview of lung diseases. 

#diagnosis #causes #lung #disease #restrictive #obstructive #pulmonary #respiratory #pearls #ddxof
General overview of lung ... diseases. ... #diagnosis #causes ... #lung #disease ... #obstructive #pulmonary
Biphasic Illness of Leptospirosis
Some patients do not progress to severe disease. Others, rapidly develop severe disease
progress to severe disease ... develop severe disease ... meningitis • Weil's disease ... dysfunction) • Pulmonary ... #Illness #Signs
Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Presentation: • Mild disease ... Meningitis • Weil's Disease ... failure • Severe pulmonary ... disease ARDS Diagnosis ... #treatment #management
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Diseases (ILD) ... Connective Tissue Disease ... connective tissue disease ... disease (RB-ILD ... #Diseases #ILD
Pulmonary Function Testing (PFT) Interpretation Algorithm

Restrictive Lung Disease:
 • Chest wall or neuromuscular disorders
 • Interstitial
Disease: • Chest ... disease Mixed ... Lung Disease Obstructive ... Lung Disease: ... Interpretation #Algorithm #diagnosis
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
due to lung disease ... lung disease Other ... pulmonary disease ... , Gaucher disease ... Classification #Diagnosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Pulmonary vasculature ... Diseases of the ... lung parenchyma ... Patients with liver disease ... HPS #hepatology #pulmonary
Radiographic appearances of pulmonary diseases in HIV/AIDS Patients
 • Diffuse Interstitial Infiltrates: Pneumocystis jirovecii, M.tuberculosis, Histoplasma
diseases in HIV ... ARDS, Metastatic disease ... sarcoma, Castleman's disease ... Infectious Diseases ... #diseases #differential
Classification of Diffuse Parenchymal Lung Disease

#diffuse #Parenchymal #Lung #Disease #differential #diagnosis #interstitial #pulmonary
Disease #diffuse ... #Parenchymal #Lung ... #Disease #differential ... #diagnosis #interstitial ... #pulmonary