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Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Chronic Dyspnea - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Coronary Syndrome ... Pneumonia • ARDS ... Interstitium • ILD
On the left some diseases with a nodular pattern.
1. Hypersensitivity pneumonitis: ill defined centrilobular nodules.
2. Miliary
nodular pattern. 1. ... Hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... Diagnosis #Radiology #Pulmonary ... NodularPattern #Differential ... #Comparison #Table
AIDS-defining illnesses
 - Candidiasis of the esophagus, bronchi, trachea, or lungs [(but NOT the mouth (thrush)]
AIDS-defining illnesses ... or bronchitis, pneumonitis ... tuberculosis, any site (pulmonary ... brain - Wasting syndrome ... Diagnosis #List #Differential
Causes of Interstitial Lung Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia
 • (UIP) Usual Interstitial Pneumonia
Lung Disease - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... this should be 1° ... Chronic Radiation Pneumonitis ... Lung #Diseases #ILD
Approach to Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
 • Acute Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 wk) - ~30yo, M; Recent
Eosinophilic Pneumonia (< 1 ... Hypereosinophilic Syndrome ... Lung #Diseases #pulmonary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #comparison
Differential diagnosis of the reversed halo sign (RHS). AIA, angioinvasive aspergillosis; AIS, adenocarcinoma in situ; COP,
Differential diagnosis ... aspergillosis; AIS ... immunedeficiency syndrome ... hypersensitivity pneumonitis ... #Algorithm
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

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

How?  Possible
organizing pneumonia, ARDS ... respiratory distress syndrome ... including: 1. ... : Interstitial pneumonitis ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome ... treatment of HIV/AIDS ... within the first 1 ... be present: • AIDS ... decrease in HIV-1