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Acute Hypoxemia - Differential Diagnosis
 • Hyperacute: Aspiration, Flash Pulmonary Edema, Mucous Plugging, Bronchospasm, Pulmonary Embolism,
- Physiologic: ARDS ... , Diffuse Alveolar ... Impaired Diffusion: ILD ... pHTN, Advanced COPD ... Differential #Diagnosis #causes
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... • Asthma • COPD ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... • ILD • CHF ... #Causes
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
to look at the pattern ... more than one pattern ... lobar pneumonia caused ... called cryptogenic (COP ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Unknown • 6-7 cases ... consolidation and GG pattern ... lymphoma, Diffuse ... #BOOP #pulmonary ... #ILD #diagnosis
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... • Patchy or diffuse ... Exclude other causes ... Exclusion of other ILDs ... LDH • ↑ ESR, CRP