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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 ... Organizing #Pneumonia #COP ... BOOP #pulmonary #ILD
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
HRCT findings in OP ... consolidations of OP ... carcinoma, the diagnosis ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CTChest #COP #
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical Cheat Sheet

An acute diffuse, inflammatory lung injury, leading to
Syndrome – ARDS: Clinical ... Berlin criteria ... detected on CT or CXR ... Summary #CheatSheet #Diagnosis ... #Management #CriticalCare
COVID-19 POCUS

96 yrs old, discharged 3 wks ago for CAP, treated with amox/clav then cefixime. Returns
POCUS 96 yrs old ... 3 wks ago for CAP ... CXR with consolidation ... COVID19 #POCUS #Clinical ... #Lung #Ultrasound
Berlin Criteria for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) 
- Respiratory symptoms must have begun within one
week of a known clinical ... - Bilateral ... lobar collapse, lung ... Definition #Criteria #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare
Notice that there are multiple densities in both lungs.
The larger ones are ill-defined and maybe there
densities in both lungs ... the differential diagnosis ... organizing pneumonia (OP ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #Peripheral
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
citrullinated peptide (CCP ... elderly persons - CCP ... titer, ACE level, CXR ... ANAs • RF and CCP ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
between these chest ... Organizing pneumonia (OP ... nodular interstitial lung ... #Clinical #Diagnosis ... #Radiology #CXR
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Evaluation - Chest ... X-ray and lung ... ultrasound (exclude ... Pyridostigmine - New diagnosis ... Checklist #Management #CriticalCare
The Berlin Definition of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)

Chest imaging - Bilateral opacities—not fully explained by
imaging - Bilateral ... effusions, lobar/lung ... present - Mild ... >= 5cm H2O #Diagnosis ... #CriticalCare #