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Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia (COP ... Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... - Imaging: • CXR ... Anti-dsDNA, ANCA COP ... #BOOP #pulmonary
Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
 •
Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... life-threatening causes ... ultrasound • CXR ... #Algorithm #workup
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
Algorithm for Management ... AECOPD) Obtain workup ... ventilated • CXR ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... Exacerbation #treatment #pulmonary
Differential diagnosis
The table summarizes the most common diseases, that present with consolidation.
Chronic diseases are indicated in
organizing pneumonia (OP ... OP is organizing ... called cryptogenic (COP ... The old name is BOOP ... #Pulmonary #CXR
Crazy Paving is a combination of ground glass opacity with superimposed septal thickening (5).
It was first
proteinosis, but later ... Organizing pneumonia (COP ... /BOOP) - Infection ... failure, ARDS, AIP) #Clinical ... #Radiology #CTChest
Secondary Causes of Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypertension - BP > 140/90 (>130/80 for DM)
Hypertensive urgency
Algorithm Hypertension ... based on repeat clinic ... Liddle's syndrome • Bilateral ... Renin-Angiotensin stimulation (OCP ... #Algorithm #Causes
Pulmonary Infections in HIV-AIDS
Bacterial: 
 • No organism identified, Strep pneumoniae, H. influenzae, S.aureus, Streptococcus Grp
heart failure, COPD ... Evaluation: Imaging (CXR ... /- High res CT chest ... Infections #HIVAIDS #workup ... #diagnosis #evaluation
Bronchiectasis - Summary

What?
• Bronchiectasis is derived from the Greek words bronckos meaning airway and ectasis meaning
obstruction • COPD ... Physical stigmata of cor ... parenchyma Diagnosis ... Laboratory: • ANA, RF, CCP ... #differential #diagnosis
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
determine the cause ... between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
multiple ill-defined masses ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... also known as BOOP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral